Box 82, Folder 1
ZZZZZ MAGAZINE
1977
General note
Typescripts and photocopies of draft for printer.
Box 82, Folder 2
ZZZZZ MAGAZINE
1977
General note
Photocopied typescript draft for printer.
Box 82, Folder 4
ZZZZZ MAGAZINE
1977
General note
Page page proofs.
Box 82, Folder 5
ZZZZZZ MAGAZINE
1978
General note
Photocopied typescript draft for printer.
Box 82, Folder 6
ZZZZZZ MAGAZINE
1978
General note
Production material.
Box 82, Folder 7
ZZZZZZ MAGAZINE
1978
General note
Photocopy and draft.
Oversize FB-332, Folder 3
ZZZZZZ MAGAZINE
1978
General note
Page proofs.
Box 83, Folder 1
Abbott, Keith. 12 SHOT: A PHOTOPOEM (1975)
Box 83, Folder 2
Ashbery, John. THREE PLAYS (1978)
General note
Page proof and cover.
Box 83, Folder 3
Ashbery, John and James Schuyler. A NEST OF NINNIES (1975)
1975
General note
Miscellaneous proofs, cover boards, lists of corrections and correspondence.
Box 83, Folder 4
Ashbery, John and James Schuyler. A NEST OF NINNIES (1975)
General note
Page proofs.
Box 83, Folder 5
Berkson, Bill. LUSH LIFE (1984)
General note
Typescript draft for printer with corrections, galley proof and page proof.
Box 83, Folder 6
Boulte, Jean. TWELVE VERMONT POSTCARDS (1981)
General note
Production material, color keys and color photocopies.
Oversize MC-149, Folder 04
Boulte, Jean. TWELVE VERMONT POSTCARDS (1981)
General note
Photostat plates.
Box 83, Folder 8
Brainard, Joe. TWENTY NINE MINI ESSAYS (1978)
General note
Galley proof, page proof, and correspondence.
Box 84, Folder 1
Brownstein, Michael. STRANGE DAYS AHEAD (1975)
General note
Galley proof, page proof and cover.
Box 84, Folder 2
Burckhardt, Rudy. MOBILE HOMES (1980)
General note
Typescript and paste-up draft, corrections and correspondence.
Box 84, Folder 3
Burckhardt, Rudy. MOBILE HOMES (1980)
General note
Galley proofs.
Box 84, Folder 4
Bye, Reed. BORDER THEME (1981)
General note
Page proofs.
Box 84, Folder 5
Denby, Edwin. MILTIE IS A HACKIE (1973)
General note
With Rudy Burckhardt. Title page and announcements [?].
Box 85, Folder 1
Finlay, Hamilton Ian. HEROIC EMBLEMS (1977)
General note
Printing blocks for illustrations.
Box 86, Folder 1
Finlay, Hamilton Ian and Ron Costley. HEROIC EMBLEMS (1977)
General note
Page proofs.
Oversize MC-149, Folder 05
Gianakos, Steve. STEVE GIANAKOS (1981)
1981
General note
Page proofs.
Box 86, Folder 3
Kyger, Joanne. THE WONDERFUL FOCUS OF YOU (1980)
General note
Page proofs.
Box 86, Folder 4
Matthews, Harry. SELECTED DECLARATIONS OF DEPENDENCE (1977)
General note
Photocopy of typescript and illustration.
Box 86, Folder 5
Matthews, Harry. SELECTED DECLARATIONS OF DEPENDENCE (1977)
General note
Master proofs.
Box 86, Folder 6
Matthews, Harry. SELECTED DECLARATIONS OF DEPENDENCE (1977)
General note
Page proofs.
Box 86, Folder 7
Padgett, Ron. THE TULSA KID (1980)
General note
Typescript draft from printer.
Box 86, Folder 8
Padgett, Ron. THE TULSA KID (1980)
General note
Galley proof with corrections. Part 1.
Box 86, Folder 9
Padgett, Ron. THE TULSA KID (1980)
General note
Galley proof with corrections. Part 2.
Box 87, Folder 1
Schuyler, James. THE HOME BOOK: PROSE AND POEMS, 1951-1970 (1977)
General note
Galley proof and front cover.
Box 87, Folder 2
Waldman, Anne. CABIN (1981)
General note
Page proofs.
Box 87, Folder 3
Welish, Marjorie. TWO POEMS (1981)
General note
Page proofs.
Box 87, Folder 4
Announcements, brochures, cover designs, price lists
1970 - 1990
General note
Drafts and paste-ups.
Box 87, Folder 5
Catalogues and publication nnnouncements
1975 - 1980
Box 87, Folder 6
Distributors' invoices and inventories
Box 87, Folder 7
Inventory and sales tables
1983 - 1985
General note
Typescripts.
Box 87, Folder 8
Poetry events
1975 - 1995
General note
Announcements in newspapers.
Box 87, Folder 9
Poetry event. Flyers and press releases
1975 - 1995
General note
Printed flyers and paste-ups for Vermont readings by Rudy Burckhardt, Reed Bye, Elmslie, Ann Lauterbach, Ron Padgett, Sue
Haldman, and others. Some flyers have photographs.
Oversize FB-327, Folder 5
Z Press Poetry Fest
1980 - 1990
General note
[?] Poster for a reading by Rudy Burckhardt, Ron Padgett and Ann Lauterbach, Elmslie, Anne Waldman and Reed Bye.
Box 87, Folder 10
Reviews of Z Press events and publishing activity
General note
Newspaper and magazine clippings.
JOE BRAINARD MATERIAL
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 7) JOE BRAINARD MATERIAL: Arranged in three subseries: A) Correspondence, B) Artwork and Writings, and C) Miscellaneous
Material.
A) Correspondence: Arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically within folders. It contains letters from family
members.
B) Artworks and Writings: Arranged alphabetically by title and contains handwritten and typescript texts, drawings and sketches,
journal entries for the spring/summer of 1969. There are handwritten drafts and a corrected galley proof for Brainard's book,
I REMEMBER (1968 and 1970).
C) Miscellaneous Material: Arranged alphabetically by subject and contains publicity material for his exhibitions and readings,
article about him and his work, drawings and sketches, and an early award for his painting.
Box 87, Folder 12-13
Brainard, Howard L.
1966 - 1977
Box 88, Folder 2
Shelby Hogg White Family Association
1965 - 1966
Box 88, Folder 4
A-Z unidentified correspondents.
Box 88, Folder 5
And the Morning in an Igloo
General note
Undated. Photocopies of drawing and text.
Box 88, Folder 6
Autobiography
General note
Undated photocopy of typescript.
Box 88, Folder 7
Believing As I Do That "Realism"..
General note
Handwritten notes for course and curriculum vitae.
Box 88, Folder 9
Casualness of the Soft Collar..
General note
Undated. Handwritten with drawing.
Box 88, Folder 10
Dear Little Potted Plant
General note
Undated. Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 11
Do You Know Why Some Raincoats Are Called Mackintoshes?
General note
Undated. Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 12
E is for Elmslie
General note
Undated. Ink drawings in panels.
Box 88, Folder 13
Eating Grass
1964
General note
Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 14
Everything to You! (1976)
General note
April. Cover of WILSON LIBRARY BULLETIN.
Box 88, Folder 15
Exciting Novel of Romance and Intrigue and True Love
1977
General note
Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 16
GRASS HARP flyer
General note
Undated. Sketches, photograph and negative. Has example for color and paper, "Many Happy Returns" cover for Ted Berrigan.
Box 88, Folder 17
Hinson's Go to the Fair
General note
Undated. Typescript and handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 18
I Like
1963
General note
Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 19
Joe the Man
General note
Undated. Typescript. Also typescript protest poem, undated.
Box 88, Folder 20
I REMEMBER
General note
1968 [?]. Handwritten pages with changes and notes.
Box 88, Folder 21
I REMEMBER (1970)
General note
Galley proof for the Angel Hair edition with corrections.
Box 88, Folder 22
I REMEMBER. Selections
General note
Undated. Limited publication with article by Bill Reed, "A Grocery List of the 1950s".
Box 88, Folder 23
Intersection
1963
General note
Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 24
Introduction
General note
Undated. Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 25
JOE BRAINARD'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT
General note
Undated. Published drawing and text.
Box 88, Folder 26
Joe Brainard's Laws
General note
Undated. Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 27
Journal, May 9 - August 3
1969
General note
Handwritten pages, originally torn in half then clipped together in chronological order.
Box 88, Folder 28
Lazy Day
General note
Undated. Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 29
Life Better
General note
Undated. Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 30
Long Short Story
General note
Undated. Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 31
Love Song for Mrs. Boas by Ruth Landshoff Yorck
1965
Box 88, Folder 32
Maine
General note
Undated text with drawing.
Box 88, Folder 33
Mother's Love is a Blessing
1963
General note
Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 34
New Baby Was Born
1965
General note
May 23. Birth announcement.
Box 88, Folder 35
Notebook
General note
Undated. Handwritten texts, "O.K. then...," "Dear Fuckface...," "White and Dusty Men," and "Fruit".
Box 88, Folder 36
People of the World: Relax!
General note
1969 [?]. Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 37
Poem
1963
General note
Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 38
Saturday, December the 11th
1965
General note
Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 39
Selected Writings
1971
General note
Photocopy of typescript.
Box 88, Folder 40
Shenandoah
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 88, Folder 41
Some Notes on Doing THE SEAGULL Cover
1974
General note
Handwritten with drawings, photograph and postcard.
Box 88, Folder 42
V
General note
Undated. Handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 43
With Xmas Greetings and Loads of Cheer Cheer Cheer Cheer Cheer Cheer for Kenward Kenward Kenward
1964
General note
[?] Signed "Love, Jimmy and Joe." Album of magazine advertisements and stamps with added handwritten text.
Box 88, Folder 44
Announcements and flyers for exhibitions and readings by Joe Brainard
1970 - 1990
Box 88, Folder 45
Articles and reviews
1960 - 1990
General note
Newspaper clippings about Joe Brainard and his work.
Box 89, Folder 1
Drawings, sketches and collage material
1964 - 1965
General note
Also name tags and Oklahoma Young Democrats membership card.
Box 89, Folder 2
Lists and notes
General note
Undated. Handwritten pages.
Box 89, Folder 3
Scholastic Award for Achievement in Art
1960
General note
Joe Brainard, Oils. Wood and metal plaque.
JOHN LATOUCHE MATERIAL
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 8) JOHN LATOUCHE MATERIAL: Includes correspondence (arranged alphabetically within one folder), writings and music,
and miscellaneous material.
Box 89, Folder 5
BALLAD OF BABY DOE (1958). Flyer, program and article by A. R. Smith
1956 - 1993
Box 89, Folder 6
GOLDEN APPLE (1954). Programs and poster
1954 - 1972
Box 89, Folder 7
Journal, August 16 - October 9
1943
Box 89, Folder 8
List of songs by John Latouche
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 89, Folder 9
Notebook
1950 - 1953
General note
Bound with handwritten entries and sketches. Also loose sheets with handwritten and typescript lists, notes.
Box 89, Folder 10
Notebook
1950 - 1956
General note
Notes and lyrics for the GOLDEN APPLE and the ETERNAL EVE.
Box 89, Folder 11
Notebook
General note
Undated. Initials JL and sealing wax on cover. No contents.
Box 89, Folder 12
Notes and drawings
1940 - 1956
General note
Handwritten notes and ink drawings.
Oversize FB-327, Folder 7
RIDING HOOD REVISITED (1956). Vocal score
General note
Copy of handwritten score with annotations.
Box 89, Folder 13
Sleep Rhyme for Ken and To Ken Asleep
General note
Undated. Handwritten and typescript texts.
Box 89, Folder 14
Vocal Scores. "At Home in Your Heart," "Be Discriminatory," "Blue Countries," "Jack L'Eventreur,"
General note
Also "Legitimate," "Star Song," and "World of Our Own." Undated. Handwritten and published texts.
Box 89, Folder 15
Review of "Ballad of John Latouche"
General note
1956 [?]. Unsigned typescript review and elegy.
Box 89, Folder 16
Hotel and auto cards
1950 - 1956
WRITINGS OF OTHERS
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 9) WRITINGS OF OTHERS: Arranged alphabetically by author's name and title of work. It contains typescripts and photocopies
of work by John Ashbery, David Rosenberg, James Schuyler, Lewis Warsh, and Trevor Winkfield, among others. There is also a
transcript of a interview by John Hollander of W. H. Auden from the early 1960s.
Box 90, Folder 1
Ashbery, John. "The Case of the Reluctant Polymath"
1980
General note
January 28. Article about Rudy Burckhardt in NEW YORK MAGAZINE. Also an undated typescript, "Trevor Winkfield is a Young English
Artist Living in New York...".
Box 90, Folder 2
Berkson, Bill. "Roots"
1973
General note
April 31. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 3
Berkson, Bill. "Twenty Stories High"
1969
General note
February. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 4
BLUE RIG
General note
Undated. Number Two. Edited by Sand Project Press. Works by Ted Berrigan, Tom Raworth, and John Stanton.
Box 90, Folder 5
Corbett, Bill. "Poem in December"
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 6
De Leeuw, Randall. FICTITIOUS ALOYSIUS GETS IT ON
1975
General note
Accordion fold chapbook with captioned drawings.
Box 90, Folder 7
Guest, Barbara. "Let Us Give Up Our Trips"
1965
General note
October. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 8
Hoffman, Byrd. "Deafman Glance"
1971
Box 90, Folder 9
Hollander, John. Interview of W.H. Auden
1962
General note
[?]. Typescript with annotations and March 12, 1962, letter from Don Hall and "Maggie" [?].
Box 90, Folder 10
J.C. "Triptych 1"
1977
General note
[?]. Photocopies of photographs.
Box 90, Folder 11
Kierkegaard, Soren. "Diapsalmata" from EITHER/OR
General note
Undated. Typescript transcription.
Box 90, Folder 12
Koch, Kenneth. "The Artist"
General note
Undated. Mimeograph.
Box 90, Folder 13
Katz, Vincent Isaac. "November, 1967"
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 14
Lansing, Gerrit. "In the Light of the Tinctures"
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 15
Lansing, Gerrit. "Working the Lower Red Field"
1969
General note
Printed broadside.
Box 90, Folder 16
Lyrics by Others File
General note
Undated. Elmslie's typescript transcriptions of lyrics by E. Denby, G. Gershwin and Lerner and Lowe.
Box 90, Folder 17
Mackenzie, Edward. "English Seaside Series: Introduction"
1993
General note
August - September. Typescript and newspaper articles.
Box 90, Folder 18
Meyer, Tom. "On Being a Blond No Longer"
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 19
Notley, Alice. "For Kenward: A Happy Birthday"
General note
Undated. Handwritten and typescript drafts.
Box 90, Folder 20
O' Hara, Frank. "The General Returns from One Place to Another"
1964
General note
Spiral bound photocopy with Elmslie's [?] annotations. Elmslie listed as the General in a 1991 production directed by Arnold
Weinstein.
Box 90, Folder 21
O'Hara, Frank. Four poems published in THE IOWA DEFENDER, November 4
1968
General note
"Les Luths," "Prospero,"Joe's Jacket," and "Poem." With introduction by Ted Berrigan. Also two printed pages with O'Hara's
"On Rachmaninoff's Birthday" and "The Day the Lady Died", and a clipping about O'Hara's work.
Box 90, Folder 22
Padgett, Ron. "Tans"
1968
General note
February 28. Typescript with map as cover.
Box 90, Folder 23
Rosenberg, David. "Frontal Nudity"
1972
Box 90, Folder 24
Rosenberg, David. "April 4," "Baudelaire: Les Bijoux," "June 12," "The Necessity of Poetry," "Rivers"
General note
Also, "Shakespearean Sonnet #29" "Shakespearean Sonnet #30," "Shakespearean Sonnet #31," "Soft Pages," and "Violence." Undated.
Typescripts.
Box 90, Folder 25
Schiff, Harris. "Among the Cliff Dwellers"
1971
General note
April 27. Handwritten text.
Box 90, Folder 26
Schuyler, James. "Letter Poem #3"
General note
Undated. Photocopy.
Box 90, Folder 27
Schuyler, James. "Fireproof Floors of Witley Court"
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 28
Schuyler, James. "Now and Then"
1967
General note
September - October. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 29
Schuyler, James. "Shrine Exit"
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 30
Warsh, Lewis. "Landscapes"
1969
General note
August. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 31
Winkfield, Trevor. "Leeds: An Autobiography"
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 32
Winkfield, Trevor. "Picassio"
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 33
Winkfield, Trevor. "Sports and Pastimes" [by Erik Satie.]
General note
Undated. "Translated from the French by Trevor Winkfield." Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 34
Towle, Tony. "Poets, Inc."
1967
General note
October, 11. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 35
Unidentified. "Aide -Memoire for March 15th"
1964
General note
Typescript. Signed Michael.
Box 90, Folder 36
Unidentified. "At the Club"
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 37
Unidentified. "The Bluet," "From the Next," "Standing and Watching," "The Green Door Sunset," "The Day"
1972
General note
Also, "Evening." Photocopies.
Box 90, Folder 38
Unidentified. "Blud!"
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 39
Unidentified. "The Family of Man"
General note
Undated. Photocopy of typescript.
Box 90, Folder 40
Unidentified. "Give Me Flowers While I Live"
General note
Undated. Signed Kitty. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 41
Unidentified. "The New Spirit"
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 42
Unidentified. "Night and Day"
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 43
Unidentified. "Questions and Answers"
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 44
Unidentified. "Spontaneous Bruises," "September Night" and "Blue Skies"
General note
Undated. Typescripts and photocopy.
Box 90, Folder 45
Unidentified. "To Kenward on His Birthday: A True Intergalactic Winnie-the-Pooh"
General note
Undated. Signed Tanday [?] Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 46
Unidentified. "The Yoni and the Commissar"
General note
Undated. Typescript.
Box 90, Folder 47
Unidentified
General note
Undated, untitled writings. Handwritten texts.
MISCELLANEOUS
Scope and Content of Series
SERIES 10) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL: Arranged alphabetically by topic and brings together material that sheds light on Elmslie's
cultural, domestic and political activities and interests. It contains a clippings file, collage material, an album of postcards,
and two scrapbooks with World War II era clippings.
Box 90, Folder 48
Announcements, brochures, flyers, and programs for the exhibitions and performances of works by others
1960 - 1990
Box 90, Folder 49
Clippings file
1936 - 1996
General note
Newspaper and magazine articles on crimes, events and politics. Includes a September, 1936, SILVER SCREEN article on Shirley
Temple and brochure on monologist Lillian Loth Koch, ca. 1939.
Box 91, Folder 1
Collage material
General note
Undated. Bookplate, printed cartoons and magazine illustrations, fabric scraps, labels, and napkins.
Box 91, Folder 2
Dog breeding documents
1959 - 1967
General note
Pedigree registration certificates, licenses for whippets "Whippoorwill" and "Rossignol."
Box 91, Folder 3
Drawings and doodles by Kenward Elmslie
Box 91, Folder 4
Guest lists
General note
Undated. Typescript and handwritten lists of names to receive invitations and tickets to events and performances.
Box 91, Folder 5
Hamilton College reading
1978
General note
November 15. Four student papers reviewing Elmslie's performance at Hamilton College.
Box 91, Folder 6
Hotel Register, December 25, 1976 - April 31
General note
Names and addresses of visitors to Elmslie's home in Calais, Vermont.
Box 91, Folder 7
Men's Clubs
1970 - 1980
General note
Complimentary pass and flyer. Also Chick Publications cartoon tract, "The Gay Blade," by J.T.C.
Box 91, Folder 8
Milwaukee Postcard Fair
1996
General note
April 19. Brochure, correspondence, list of items, and color photographs of Kenward Elmslie with Susan Nicholson.
Box 91, Folder 9
Political activism brochures and flyers
1965 - 1974
General note
"March on Washington," "A Tribute to Eugene J. McCarthy," and flyers for rallies to protest against Richard M. Nixon.
Oversize FB-335, Folder 2
Postcard album
1930 - 1968
General note
European art and architecture, scenes of the western United States and South American scenes and people.
Oversize FB-334, Folder 2
Scrapbook
1940 - 1944
General note
Clippings from illustrated news magazines showing progress of World War II campaigns, newspaper clippings about Gertrude Lawrence
and newspaper advertisements for "Lady in the Dark" with Ginger Rogers.
Oversize FB-335, Folder 1
Scrapbook
1943 - 1944
General note
Newspaper and illustrated magazine clippings on World War II campaigns, Gertrude Lawrence and Vivien Leigh.
Box 92-94
Originals of preservation photocopies
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
Accessions Processed in 2019-2021
BIOGRAPHICAL
Scope and Content of Series
Series 11) BIOGRAPHICAL: Arranged alphabetically, additional materials that document Elmslie's private and public life. Includes
address books, appointment books, biographical notes for publications, portraits of Elmslie and photographs from stage productions,
transcripts of interviews, and published reviews of his work.
Box 95, Folder 2
Biographical sketches prepared for articles and other publications
Folder 3
Supporting biographical and website documentation
2001
Box 95, Folder 3-4
Photographs
General note
Includes portraits of Elmslie and a small selection of photographs from various performances and productions.
Box 155, Folder 14
Photographs of Elmslie and family
1995-2010
Box 95, Folder 5
Reviews
1986-2005
General note
Reviews and critical commentary about Elmslie's work. Includes reviews for Palais Bimbo Lounge Show, The Seagull, LingoLand,
Miss Julie, 26 Bars, Postcards on Parade (book), The Grass Harp, Routine Disruptions, and "Recent Work of Kenward Elmslie"
by William Corbett.
CORRESPONDENCE
Scope and Content of Series
Series 12) CORRESPONDENCE: Arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically within folders, correspondence documents
Elmslie's writing career and his support of artistic, musical and literary communities. Notable correspondents include Stella
Adler, John Ashbery, Lucia Berlin, Maxine Chernoff, James Morgan, Ron Padgett, Claibe Richardson, Ned Rorem, Kenneth Tisa
and others. Also included are exchanges with family members, including voluminous correspondence primarily consisting of postcards,
cards, and letters written by Elmslie to niece, Vivien Russe and her husband, Willie Russe. Other correspondence include letters
with several literary presses, such as Black Sparrow Press, Skanky Possum, and Sun and Moon Press. A substantial amount of
unidentified or informally addressed incoming and outgoing correspondence to Elmslie, including typescript drafts, cards and
postcards, are filed under his name in "E." Correspondence dates from 1967-2011.
Box 95, Folder 8
Adler, Stella
1982-1984, undated
Box 95, Folder 9
Ashbery, John
2001-2006
General note
Contains correspondence to and from David Rosenberg with "Group-Portrait in a Vermont Kitchen," by David Rosenberg.
Box 95, Folder 12
Bamberger, Bill
1991-2005, undated
Box 95, Folder 13
Bathos Journal (Daniel Mosher)
1997-1999
Box 95, Folder 15
Belwin Mills Publishing Corporation
1975-1976
Box 95, Folder 16
Benjamin, Dyke and Marianne (Lazard Asset Management)
1998-2003
Box 95, Folder 17
Berkson, Bill
1998-2004
General note
Contains correspondence and mock-ups regarding "Serenade," a joint work with Joe Brainard.
Box 95, Folder 18
Berlin, Lucia (Loosha)
1995-2004
General note
Contains an "I Remember" poem written for Berlin.
Box 96, Folder 1-2
Black Sparrow Press (John Martin)
1967-1972
General note
Regarding the publications of "The Champ" and "Circus Nerves."
Box 96, Folder 5
Boulte, Jean
1980-2005, undated
Box 96, Folder 6
Brainard, Joe
1987-1993, undated
Box 96, Folder 8
Brownstein, Michael
2006
General note
Regarding the sale of a Joe Brainard watercolor.
Box 96, Folder 9
Burckhardt, Rudy and Yvonne Jacquette
1982-2005
Box 96, Folder 11
Camp, Pauline and Harold
1996-2010, undated
General note
Includes photographs.
Box 96, Folder 12
Chernoff, Maxine
1970-1971
Box 96, Folder 13
Chernoff, Maxine and Paul Hoover - Postcards and greeting cards
1983-2006
General note
Includes photographs and poetry by Chernoff.
Box 97, Folder 1-2
Chernoff, Maxine and Paul Hoover
1983-2006
General note
Includes photographs and poetry by Chernoff.
Box 97, Folder 3
Clark, Jeff
1999-2002, undated
Box 97, Folder 4
Coles, Matthew (American Civil Liberties Union)
1996-2006
Box 97, Folder 5
Conjunctions literary journal
1986-1990
Box 97, Folder 6
Corbett, William
1980-2004
Box 97, Folder 8
Deanovich, Connie
1997-1999
Box 97, Folder 9
Doubleday publisher (Susana Peschiera and others) regarding
Orchid Stories
1968-1973
Folder 1
Correspondence - Outgoing letters by Elmslie
1998-2003
General note
11 PDF files of outgoing letters typed by Elmslie on his home computer and saved in ongoing logs. Files have titles such as
"1998 Vermont letters" and "2001 Summer letters."
Box 153, Folder 1
Elmslie, Kenward - Postcards to niece, Vivien (Weir) Russe
1968-1976
Box 153, Folder 2-7
Elmslie, Kenward - Letters, cards and postcards to niece, Vivien Russe and her husband Willie Russe
1990-1997
Box 154, Folder 1-7
Elmslie, Kenward - Letters, cards and postcards to niece, Vivien Russe and her husband Willie Russe
1998-1999
Box 155, Folder 1-7
Elmslie, Kenward - Letters, cards and postcards to niece, Vivien Russe and her husband Willie Russe
2000-2006
Box 103, Folder 1-2
Elmslie, Kenward - Unidentified outgoing correspondence
Box 103, Folder 3
Elmslie, Kenward - 70th birthday cards sent to Elmslie
1999 April
Box 103, Folder 4-7
Elmslie, Kenward - Unidentified incoming correspondence
Box 98, Folder 1-2
Elmslie, Vivien (Viv)
1969-2006, undated
General note
Elmslie's sister. Includes one photograph.
Box 98, Folder 5
Ex-Yu Pen (Pen Center of Writers in Exile from former Yugoslavia)
undated
Box 98, Folder 8
First Identity Magazine (Lee Chapman)
1999-2000
Box 98, Folder 10
Fox, Elizabeth
1982-1983, undated
Box 98, Folder 11
Freedberg, Kate
1969-2003, undated
Box 98, Folder 13
Granary Books
1999-2001
General note
Includes correspondence from Anne Waldman, Lewis Warsh and others.
Box 98, Folder 17
Hacha Piedra Letters (George and Elizabeth)
1959-1965
Box 98, Folder 18
Hampson, David and Anne
1997, 1999
Box 98, Folder 21
Hudspith, Vicki
1982-1999
Box 99, Folder 5
Kornblum, Allan (Coffee House Press)
2001
Box 99, Folder 6
Krusoe, Jim (Santa Monica College)
undated
Box 99, Folder 9
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Incorporated (Kevin Cathcart)
1993-1997
Box 99, Folder 11
Lauterbach, Ann (Anni)
1974-2004, undated
General note
Includes a watercolor painting for Elmslie's birthday.
Box 99, Folder 12
Leahy, Patrick (United States Senate)
2001-2003
Box 99, Folder 13
Leon, Oscar
1995, undated
Box 99, Folder 14
Levine, Rhoda
1999-2002, undated
Box 99, Folder 16
Lewallen, Constance (Berkeley Art Museum)
2001-2002
Box 99, Folder 17
Lewis Cooper, Brenda
1983-1999
Box 99, Folder 18
Liu, Timothy
1999
General note
Editor of "Homotextual" poetry anthology.
Box 99, Folder 19
Livingston, Chip
2004-2006, undated
General note
Includes drafts of "Straight Acting," and "Heliconias."
Box 99, Folder 20
Lustig, Shelley
1999-2005
Box 99, Folder 24
Mike and Dale's Younger Poets
1997-1998
Box 99, Folder 25
Mikolowski, Ken
1992-2003
General note
Includes the short poem, "Gone," by Mikolowski.
Box 99, Folder 26
Moore, David Jr.
1996-2002, undated
Box 99, Folder 27
Morgan, Bill
2003
General note
Regarding Allen Ginsberg's correspondence.
Box 99, Folder 28
Morgan, James (Jim/Jimbo)
1999-2006, undated
Box 100, Folder 3
New American Writing (NAW)
1997, 2000
Box 100, Folder 4
Nichols, Travis
2006
General note
Regarding Wave Books poetry tour.
Box 100, Folder 5
North Clow, Mary
2001-2005, undated
Box 100, Folder 8
O'Hara, Maureen (Frank O'Hara Foundation)
1997-2002
Box 100, Folder 9
Olson, Kirby
1982-2006
General note
Includes biographical information on Elmslie with a short review of
Lingoland: A Musical.
Box 100, Folder 11
Padgett, Ron
1995-2007
General note
Includes correspondence from wife, Patricia Padgett and son, Wayne Padgett.
Box 100, Folder 12
Parrish, Dan
1991-1994
General note
Includes photograph of Dan Parrish.
Box 100, Folder 13
Penguin Books Ltd.
1971-1973
Box 100, Folder 14
The Poetry Project (Anselm Berrigan)
1997-2006
Box 100, Folder 15
Poetry Society of America
1983-2000
Box 100, Folder 17
Publishing correspondence
1969, undated
Box 100, Folder 20
Richardson, Claiborne (Claibe)
1981-2000
Box 100, Folder 22
Rubenstein, William (ACLU)
1990-1992
Box 100, Folder 23-24
Russe, Vivien (Vivy)
1995-2005, undated
General note
Contains artwork by Russe.
Box 155, Folder 9
Russe, Vivien (Vivy) and Willie Russe - Alternative Press correspondence
1994-1999
Box 100, Folder 25
Russe, Willie
1997-2002, undated
Box 101, Folder 2
Schiff, Harris
2009
General note
Includes birthday poems and letter.
Box 101, Folder 3
Schuyler, James (Jimmy)
1999
Box 101, Folder 4
Sikelianos, Eleni (The Poetry Project)
1998-1999
Box 101, Folder 5
Silver, Alain (Bay Cities)
1990
Box 101, Folder 6
Skanky Possum Press (Hoa Nguyen and Dale Smith)
1999-2007
General note
Regarding the publication of
Blast from the Past and Spilled Beans, also includes some personal correspondence.
Box 101, Folder 7
Snyder, Elsie
1983, undated
Box 101, Folder 8
Sun and Moon Press (Douglas Messerli, Director)
1992-1999
Box 101, Folder 9
Swets van Middhlar, Cornelius Wolfram (C.W.)
1995-2003
General note
Contains "Outback Taunt," with annotations by and photograph of C.W.
Box 101, Folder 11
Tampubolon, Jimmy
1983-2007
Box 101, Folder 12
Taylor, Steven and family
1995-2006
Box 101, Folder 18
Velsey, Don
2004-2005, undated
Box 101, Folder 20
Waldman, Anne and Reed Bye
1995-2000, undated
General note
Includes "Let's Get This Letter off the Pike," by Elmslie and "Colorado Salutes its Native Son," by Waldman for Elmslie's
birthday.
Box 101, Folder 21
Waldrop, Rosmarie
1985-2000
Box 101, Folder 22
Weinstein, Arnold
1985-1993
Box 102, Folder 1
Weir, Chester (nephew) and Kate
1999-2011, undated
Box 102, Folder 2
Weir, Cynthia (sister)
1982-1996
Box 155, Folder 8
Weir, Cynthia "Cici" (sister) - Photocopies of Elmslie correspondence
1979-1985
Box 102, Folder 3
Weir, Gordon and Susie (and family)
1998-2002, undated
Box 102, Folder 4
Weir, William and Margaret (and family)
1998-2005
Box 102, Folder 5
Weissberger and Harris, Counselors at Law (for author Ruth Goetz)
1975
General note
Regarding copyright of
The Heiress, and
Washington Square.
Box 102, Folder 6
The White House (Carter Administration) - Invitation and program for dinner
1979
Box 102, Folder 9
Winkfield, Trevor
1998-2006
Box 102, Folder 11
Yorck, Ruth
1963, undated
Box 102, Folder 12
York Theatre Company
2005
General note
Includes letters from Julio Soler and Producing Artistic Director, James Morgan.
Box 102, Folder 13
Young, Geoffrey
1976-1994
Box 102, Folder 15
Zivancevic, Nina
1996-2002
WRITINGS BY ELMSLIE
Scope and Content of Series
Series 13) WRITINGS: Include drafts of Elmslie's working and personal journals, notebooks, drafts and proofs of his published
writings, collages and unpublished material. Arranged in four subseries: A) Performance/Theatre Works, B) Published Work,
C) Poetry, Prose, Collages and Other Writings, and D) Journals.
A) Performance/Theatre Works: Arranged chronologically, materials includes scripts, libretti, vocal scores and music to live
theatricals including operas, musicals and other performance works. Highlights include
Lizzie Borden (1965) with later performance materials from 1996-1999,
The Grass Harp (1972) with later production materials from 1994-2003, and
Postcards on Parade (1993) with production materials from 1995-2000. Also included are some related correspondence, programs, posters and Elmslie's
own production notes. Digital files in this series were originally on two CDs and one DVD-R. Content includes a draft of
LingoLand in PDF format, and tracks in .wav format from the musical production, kept in original performance order.
B) Published Work: Arranged chronologically, materials primarily include typescript drafts, correspondence relating to publications,
and other supporting materials of Elmslie's books of poetry not already represented in the earlier accession.
C) Poetry, Prose, Collages and Other Writings: Arranged alphabetically, includes primarily undated drafts, paste-ups, notes
and related materials including some of his later works such as
Sung Sex (1992),
Champ Dust (1994),
Bare Bones (1995),
Adventure in the Vermont Woods, For C. W. (1997),
Routine Disruptions (1998),
Nite Soil (2000) and
Blast From the Past (2000). Also included is Elmslie's introduction to mother, Constance Pulitzer Elmslie's diary, and an assortment of collages
and small artworks created by Elmslie.
D) Journals
Performance/Theatre Works
Box 102, Folder 16
The Ticklish Acrobat (1959)
General note
Early drafts of the musical play. Book and lyrics by Kenward Elmslie, music by Ned Rorem, based on the play by Robert Hivnor.
Box 102, Folder 17-18
Crazy Lady: A Musical Play (1959)
General note
Drafts of play with annotations. Book and lyrics by Kenward Elmslie, music by Claibe Richardson.
Box 102, Folder 19
Miss Julie: An Opera in Two Acts (1965)
General note
Undated complete draft and Boosey & Hawkes published script. Based on the play by August Strindberg. Music by Ned Rorem, with
libretto by Kenward Elmslie.
Box 104, Folder 1-7
Lizzie Borden: An Opera (1965)
General note
Early drafts of libretto (with annotations) under the title
Lizzie: A Family Portrait in 3 Acts. Libretto by Kenward Elmslie, based on a scenario by Richard Plant. Music by Jack Beeson; Boosey & Hawkes published libretto,
reviews, programs and other performance materials for productions from 1996-1999.
Box 104, Folder 8
The Sweet Bye and Bye (1966)
General note
Libretto by Kenward Elmslie, music by Jack Beeson. Undated complete draft.
Box 104, Folder 9-10
City Junket (1972)
General note
Later draft of five scenes from the play; programs from staged reading at Grant Recital Hall, Brown University in 1990, and
Poets Theatre Jubilee reading, 2002; original undated typescript draft of play.
Box 104, Folder 11-17
The Grass Harp (1972)
General note
Elmslie's musical adaption of the Truman Capote novel, originally titled, "The Yellow Drum.") Correspondence and contract
agreements from 1968-2002, programs and publicity for 1994-2003 performances including Square 1 Theatre Company; Elmslie's
anecdotes in "Some I Remembers: The Grass Harp"; and "I Trust the Wrong People" sheet music. Draft from 1994-1995, dedicated
to Joe Brainard.
Oversize FB-460, Folder 6
The Grass Harp (1972) - Sheet music/score for "It Takes All Kinds"
Box 105, Folder 1
The Seagull (1974)
General note
Libretto by Elmslie, music by Thomas Pasatieri. Based on the play by Anton Chekov.
Box 105, Folder 2
The Alphabet Work (1977)
General note
By Kenward Elmslie, drafts and correspondence with Bernard Welt of Titanic Books.
Box 105, Folder 3-4
Kenward Elmslie Visited (1982)
General note
Typescript texts of song lyrics with handwritten edits and draft of spoken script and notes for recording of songs.
Box 105, Folder 5-6
Lola, A Musical (1984)
General note
By Kenward Elmslie and Claibe Richardson. Based on the life of Lola Montez. Correspondence, page proofs for CD, and proofs
for book of the musical.
Box 105, Folder 7
Three Sisters (1986)
General note
By Kenward Elmslie, music by Thomas Pasatieri, based on the play by Anton Chekhov. Correspondence, performance agreement,
diagram of stage, and draft of Act II.
Oversize FB-460, Folder 8
Three Sisters (1986)
General note
An opera in two acts, libretto by Kenward Elmslie, music by Thomas Pasatieri, score.
Box 105, Folder 8-10
Palais Bimbo, A Cabaret Revue (1987)
General note
Music by Steven Taylor, words by Kenward Elmslie and visuals by Joe Brainard. Contract agreement, materials for Naropa performance
(1991) and other readings, and sketches by Ken Tisa.
Oversize FB-460, Folder 2
Palais Bimbo, A Cabaret Revue (1987) - Scores for: Air, Bang Bang Tango, Bio, Eggs, Meat, Sin in the Hinterlands, Sneaky Pete, The Woolworth Song
Oversize FB-460, Folder 3
Palais Bimbo, A Cabaret Revue (1987) - Orchestrations by Steven Taylor for: Bio, Girl Machine, Meat, The Palais Bimbo Spa, and Sneaky Pete
Box 105, Folder 11-13
Night Emerald (1989) - Early drafts, notes, correspondence
General note
A musical play based on the life of Oscar Wilde.
Box 106, Folder 1-3
Night Emerald (1989) - Research, libretto outline and script
Box 106, Folder 4-14
Postcards on Parade (1993)
General note
A musical play with book and lyrics by Kenward Elmslie and music by Steven Taylor. Cover design for book of the musical, cover
and liner notes for accompanying CD, and flyers for York Theatre Company, Trinity Repertory Company, Naropa, University of
Minnesota and The Poetry Project performances, 1998-2000; correspondence and agreements, 1995-2000; slide cues.
Box 107, Folder 1-12
Postcards on Parade (1993)
Box 108, Folder 1-3
Postcards on Parade (1993) - Partial drafts with revisions
Folder 6
Postcards on Parade supporting material
Box 108, Folder 4
Taking a Chance on Love (1999)
General note
Drafts of Elmslie's poem
Touche's Salon in Act II, and playbill for York Theatre Company's Off-Broadway performance.
Box 108, Folder 5-9
LingoLand: A Musical (2005)
General note
Poetry and lyrics for six-person Off-Broadway revue. Includes director's notes, flyers, errata, playbill, correspondence,
master draft copy dated 2006, and an undated draft.
Box 108, Folder 10
LingoLand: A Musical
2006 January 2
General
Track listing for digital sound recording of the musical, Acts I and II
Folder 1-21
LingoLand: A Musical - Digital sound recording of the musical, includes Act I
2006 January 2
General note
January 2, 2006 edit.
Folder 1-32
LingoLand: A Musical - Digital sound recording of the musical, includes Act II
2006 January 2
General note
January 2, 2006 edit.
LingoLand: A Musical - Digital documents
ca. 2003-2005
General
Supporting documentation in PDF, including script, excerpts, and "Cajun Vitrine" summary.
Oversize FB-332, Folder 4
LingoLand: A Musical (2005) - Poster for York Theatre Company performance
Oversize FB-460, Folder 1
Adele Songs, They, The World's in a Bad Bad Way, Sewerville, Nobody Dreams of Me, Valnetino, Petroleum, Every Morning, Angelica,
Who Knows?, The Stranger with the Special Face, The Candygram Song, and the Beauty Part - Scores/Sheet music
Oversize FB-332, Folder 4
Alaska, Petroleum, The Stranger with the Special Face, The Crazy Old Lady Mazurka, Miss Got Rocks, Spit N' Whittle, and an
untitled piece, sheet music/vocal scores
1971, undated
Oversize FB-460, Folder 4
And I Was There, Brazil, One Thing in Particular, Who'll Prop Me Up in the Rain? - Sheet music
Oversize FB-460, Folder 5
General Fong Song, by Elmslie, arrangement by Roger Trefouse - Sheet music
Box 109, Folder 1
Hollywood Koffee Klatch Fragment script, with notes and text for other spoken word performances
Oversize FB-460, Folder 7
One Night Stand, lyrics by Elmslie, music by Claibe Richardson - Sheet music/copy of original score
Oversize FB-332, Folder 5
Untitled [Wishing you a glorious 4th of July] stage production collage
Oversize FB-460, Folder 9
What do I do now?
General note
Lyrics by Elmslie, music by Claibe Richardson. Copy of original score.
Box 109, Folder 2
Tropicalism (1975) - Marked copy of book used for poetry reading
Box 109, Folder 3-6
26 Bars (1987)
General note
Visuals by Donna Dennis, words by Kenward Elmslie, music by Steven Taylor. Original paste-up of text and visuals for book.
Box 109, Folder 7
Sung Sex (1989) - First revised draft of book and correspondence
Box 109, Folder 8-10
Champ Dust (1994)
General note
Program for event. Words by Kenward Elmslie, drawings by Joe Brainard, featuring "Postcards on Parade" highlights with music
by Steven Taylor. Also includes "Champ Dust Smegma" and "Champ Dust Spinoff," collages deconstructed from
Champ Dust (1994); and 10 postcard collages by Kenward Elmslie, published by The Alternative Press.
Box 109, Folder 11-15
Routine Disruptions (1998)
General note
Reviews, correspondence regarding publication of book and final edits; publishing agreement; marked copies of two books (with
some marginalia) used for poetry readings; songs and scenes from Routine Disruptions and Postcards on Parade for Two Act performance.
Box 155, Folder 11
Routine Disruptions
1997 August 29
Box 110, Folder 1-3
Nite Soil (2000)
General note
Mock-ups for poem and collage postcards, published by Granary Books; correspondence, titles list for postcards; recording
information and reviews.
Oversize FB-332, Folder 6
Nite Soil (2000)
1997-2002
General note
Includes
Blast from the Past cover design, portrait of Elmslie by Ken Tisa; Fifties Probe materials (describing memories of John Ashbery and New York);
The Alternative Press Poetry Postcards Series 4, Elmslie postcard enlargement. Prints 2, 3, and 7 for
Nite Soil.
Box 110, Folder 4-11
Blast from the Past (2000)
Box 111, Folder 1-5
Cyberspace (2000)
General note
By Kenward Elmslie and Trevor Wakefield. Published by Granary Books.
Box 111, Folder 6-7
Snippets (2002)
General note
By Kenward Elmslie and Trevor Wakefield. Page proofs of book.
Box 111, Folder 8
Agenda Melt (2004) - Marked copy of book with author's marginalia, used for poetry reading
Poetry, Prose, Collages and Other Writings
Box 111, Folder 9
Adventure in the Vermont Woods, for C. W.
1997
General note
Draft. Included in Special Issue, Fifth Anniversary of
Mirage #4/Period[ical].
Box 155, Folder 10
Adventure in the Vermont Woods, for C. W.
1997
General
Signed copy sent to Vivien Russe.
Box 111, Folder 10
Alabama, poem by Elmslie published in Via Rome, p. 29
1960
Box 111, Folder 11
The Aleutians: For Ruth Yorck (copy of a play)
Box 111, Folder 12
Alexander the Great
General note
Typescript draft of poem with handwritten annotations.
Box 111, Folder 15
Babe Dwarf (poem for Jean Boulte)
Box 111, Folder 16
Barbie and Ken at the Wednesday Club
Box 111, Folder 18
Beauty Maestro (poem for Jean Boulte)
Box 111, Folder 19
Bop and Buy
General note
Inspired by "der und die" by Ernst Jandl, typescript draft.
Box 111, Folder 20
Calais Palace Welcome (for VW)
Box 111, Folder 21
Christmas Letter and Age Plaint (for Ken and Ann Mikolowski)
Box 111, Folder 23
The Crystal Palace, draft with revisions
Box 111, Folder 26
Fiscal Nonsense (poem for Jimmy Tampubolon)
Box 112, Folder 1
Gaps, from
Orchid Stories in Just Friends: A Magazine, issue #2
Box 112, Folder 5
Hosp
General note
Inspired by "Hosi," by Ernst Jandl.
Box 112, Folder 7
The Infernal Machine
General note
By Jean Cocteau. Translated by Ruth Yorck and Kenward Elmslie. Typescript draft of script arranged for the American stage.
Box 112, Folder 8
Irons in the Fire performance - Artwork for cover, production list
2003
General note
Includes Bill Berkson, Lucia Berlin, Joe Brainard, Maxine Chernoff, Diane Di Prima, Barbara Guest, Ron Padgett, and The Seagull.
Accompanying VHS tapes include recordings of Lucia Berlin and Barbara Guest.
Box 155, Folder 12
Introduction to Elmslie's mother's published diary
undated
Box 112, Folder 9
Jakarta Night Arrival, poem
Box 112, Folder 10
Jiffy Lark (for Jeff Clark)
1999
Box 112, Folder 11
Love Letter (poem for Ken Tisa)
Box 112, Folder 12
Memory Ghosts and Murders, script
Box 112, Folder 14
No Liquor in the House (for The Drawing Center's anthology)
2001
Box 112, Folder 16
Panopticon for Calamity Winifred
Folder 4
Poems
1999-2003
General note
3 PDF files of poems typed by Elmslie on his home computer.
Box 112, Folder 18
Russian Bananas (for Anni)
Box 112, Folder 19
Rummage Sale (poem for CW)
Box 112, Folder 20
Scimitar for Brenda Lewis, collage and poem
1965 March 21
Box 112, Folder 21
Sin in the Hinterlands, lyrics
Box 112, Folder 22
Sky Boys
1999
General note
To be published by First Intensity.
Box 112, Folder 23
Snippets, A Revue
General note
By Kenward Elmslie, music by Bruce Coughlin and David Bishop, visuals by Joe Brainard. Draft of musical play.
Box 112, Folder 24
Spilled Beans: A Conversation
General note
By Kenward Elmslie and Mary Kite, drawings by Joe Brainard. Typescript drafts of dialog with edits.
Box 112, Folder 26
Squeegee Bijoux of '99: A Revue
1998
General note
Words by Kenward Elmslie, visuals by Joe Brainard, Donna Dennis, Kenward Elmslie and Ken Tisa, music by Steven Taylor. Draft
of lyrics and programs for Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art performance.
Box 112, Folder 27
Sun Porch Niche
General note
For Rommelo Yu, Chris Broshears, and Andreas Schimmelpfennig.
Box 112, Folder 29
Tongue of Fire
2005 September 23
Box 112, Folder 30
Translations
General note
Early translations of Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Peter Hartling, Giacomo Leopardi, Phillippe de Thaun by Elmslie and Ruth Yorck.
Box 112, Folder 31
Unpacking the Black Trunk: A Play in One Act
General note
By James Schuyler and Kenward Elmslie. Typescript draft copy of play.
Box 112, Folder 32
The Wednesday Club
General note
Typescript draft pages of collaboration with James Schuyler.
Box 112, Folder 33
"Wie die Charles von Manhattan wegzogen,"
Du & Ich German LGBTQ magazine
1955 July
General note
"How Charles moved away from Manhattan." Article/dialog written by Elmslie.
Box 112, Folder 34
What's in it For Me?
General note
From Beggar's Holiday, based on a lyric by John Latouche. Typescript draft of play.
Box 113, Folder 1-5
Collage originals and "reprocollages" by Elmslie
General note
Includes various untitled collages.
Box 155, Folder 13
Collages by Elmslie sent to niece, Vivien Russe
1996-1999
Box 113, Folder 6-9
Miscellaneous poems
General note
Includes "Poem for Joe Brainard," and "Celebration for Claibe."
Box 113, Folder 10
Submissions for publication
1999
General note
Contribution for the Things That Are Scary section of "Fence."
Box 113, Folder 11
Early writings
General note
Various typescript drafts.
Box 114, Folder 1-5
Blood glucose journals - Bound notebooks, with artful free-form doodles and daily notes
undated
Folder 2
Journals
1999-2001
General note
4 PDF files of typed journal entries.
JOE BRAINARD MATERIALS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 14) JOE BRAINARD MATERIAL: Includes collages, correspondence and materials relating to exhibitions and other events
celebrating the work of Elmslie's partner, artist Joe Brainard.
Box 115, Folder 1
Joe Album, A Pressed Wafer Collage [copy]
Box 115, Folder 2
Dedication for Joe's Room, Michael Callen/Audre Lorde Community Health Center, with correspondence
1999
Box 115, Folder 3
Drawing of Joe Brainard by Kenward Elmslie
General note
Included in Blast from the Past.
Box 115, Folder 4
Drawing of Kenward Elmslie by Joe Brainard
Box 115, Folder 5
Homage to Joe Brainard outline
Box 115, Folder 6
Joe Brainard: A Retrospective, Exhibition at Berkeley Art Museum
2001 February-May
General note
Includes correspondence regarding loan of artwork and flyers for various Brainard exhibitions.
Box 115, Folder 7
Joe Brainard memorial materials
1997
General
Includes flyers and promotional material for Retrospective at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Poetry Project remembrance and other
materials.
Box 115, Folder 8
Kenward Elmslie interview by Joe Brainard
1964
Box 115, Folder 9
Letter to Joe - Short poem
Box 115, Folder 10
May Dye
General note
Unpublished typescript draft of short work by Brainard and other material relating to the life of Brainard.
Box 115, Folder 11
Rosy's Dilemma and other comics (facsimile)
undated
Box 115, Folder 12
Presentation artwork
General note
Mounted prints of postcards or artwork by Kenward Elmslie and Joe Brainard. Includes "Sex in Suburbia" and others.
Box 115, Folder 13
Prevallet, Kristin. "Poetry and the Artful Presence of Materials: Joe Brainard at PS1," with Kenward Elmslie interview
undated
Box 115, Folder 14-15
Untitled graphic art/comics
WORKS BY OTHERS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 15) WORK BY OTHERS: Arranged alphabetically. Includes a small collection of postcards and broadsides by The Alternative
Press, handmade cards with poems by Anne Waldman, a draft of "Letter from Paris" by Joanne Kyger and James Fagin, "Wing" by
Kathleen Fraser, as well as a few other select poems by Elmslie's friends.
Box 115, Folder 16-18
The Alternative Press postcards and poetry series
1996-1997, undated
General note
Includes limited edition poems on cards and broadsides by Allen Ginsberg, Joanne Kyger, Anne Waldman, and others.
Box 115, Folder 19
Bye, Reed and Anne Waldman. Typescript draft of "The Secret of the Waterfall: A Domestic Visitation"
1983
Box 115, Folder 20
Clark, Jeff. "Little J.C. in a Conflict of Towers"
Box 115, Folder 21
Fraser, Kathleen. "Wing" poem series
1994
Box 115, Folder 22
Godfrey, John. "Kenward Elmslie Birthday Drawing" poem
Box 115, Folder 23
Gooch, Brad. "The Writer"
Box 115, Folder 24
Good, Philip and Bernadette Mayer. Untitled poem
2007 January 1
General note
First line: "Spitzer is the 3rd least 'snowiest'."
Box 115, Folder 25
Kyger, Joanne and Larry Fagin. Draft letter from Paris
1966
Box 115, Folder 26
Various artists - Artwork for Elmslie, some for birthday celebration
Box 115, Folder 27-28
Waldman, Anne
1969-1970
General note
"Please fix this furnace: Some country works," "Let's get this show on the road! Or The Collective Amnesia," and "It's Christmas,"
poems for Kenward Elmslie.
Box 115, Folder 29
Watkins, Ben - Photographs
1985-1990
Box 115, Folder 30
Yorck, Ruth - Two works and photograph
1962-1963, undated
Box 115, Folder 31
Yorck, Ruth - Unknown Soldier, signed broadside card for Elmslie
1965-1966
Box 115, Folder 32
Unknown writer, poetry drafts
MISCELLANEOUS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 16) MISCELLANEOUS: Includes programs, announcements and ephemera and flyers from poetry readings and other events,
scripts for Elmslie's talks, materials relating to his participation in the Naropa Institute Summer Writing Program, acknowledgments
of Elmslie's philanthropic activities and other miscellaneous materials.
Box 115, Folder 33
Art object inventory at Greenwich Ave.
1984
Folder 7
Brown University lecture and performance
2000 March 20
Box 116, Folder 2-3
Buffalo gig - Elmslie's script for talk in Buffalo, NY
Box 116, Folder 4
Buffalo script for New York City reading
2007
Box 116, Folder 5-11
Donations - Letters and acknowledgements of Elmslie's philanthropic activities
1985-2009
Box 116, Folder 12
The New York Poets II: An Anthology
2005
General note
Elmslie was a contributor to this anthology. Includes correspondence, reviews, and edited proofs.
Box 116, Folder 13
Flyers and performance schedule - Materials from Kenward Elmslie's 70th and 75th Birthday Bashes
1999, 2004
Box 116, Folder 14-15
Flyers, postcards, and announcements for poetry events, art exhibits and appearances
Box 155, Folder 15
Flyers, postcards, and announcements for poetry events, art exhibits and appearances
1990-1999
Box 116, Folder 16
Gab-Fest script - A talk about
LingoLand: A Musical
Box 116, Folder 17
Ginsberg, Allen signed poetry reading flyer
Box 116, Folder 18-21
I Remembers
General note
Various "recollection poems" Elmslie wrote for poetry readings, performances, and other events.
Box 116, Folder 22
Kenward Elmslie dream notes
Box 116, Folder 23
The Kenward Elmslie Show: A Radio Retrospective of Songs, Poems, and Plays - Flyers and show production list
1978
Box 116, Folder 24
Kenward Elmslie's World - Interview by Robert Wilder Blue for US Opera Web
2003
Box 116, Folder 25
Letters to Loosha project for Lucia Berlin
Box 117, Folder 1
List of publications
1997-2001
Box 117, Folder 2
Miscellaneous collages by Elmslie
Box 117, Folder 3
Mutiny at the Bathhouse: A Conversation with Kenward Elmslie - "Reflex" interview by Kirby Olson
1993 September-October
Box 117, Folder 4
Naropa collaboration, incomplete draft
Box 117, Folder 5
Naropa Institute Summer Writing Program - Itinerary and schedules
1993, 2001
Box 117, Folder 6
National Endowment for the Arts Music Advisory Panel meeting materials
1975-1976
Folder 8
Performances
2000-2003
General note
PDF queue scripts for Librettoland (Naropa collaboration), MIT, and Poetry Project (with Bill Berkson) "gigs."
Box 117, Folder 8
Pulitzer Prize dinner program and guest list
1966 May 10
Box 117, Folder 9
Reading manuscript for Elmslie's reading at Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Box 117, Folder 11
Showstoppers talk given by Elmslie
undated
Box 117, Folder 12
The New York Poets - Kaufman Center and the New York Festival of Song, featuring Elmslie
2003 October 15
Box 117, Folder 13
Three Chandeliers (Set II), print by unknown artist
Box 117, Folder 14
Transcription - The Diary of Constance Pulitzer, a selection read by Elmslie for an event
Folder 10
Transcription (PDF) - The Diary of Constance Pulitzer
Box 117, Folder 15
Travel itinerary and journal pages
Box 117, Folder 16
Various cards - Memberships, etc.
Box 118
T-shirt - Four designs from Elmslie's collages
AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 17) AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS: Materials date from 1963 to 2002 and include recordings of Elmslie's operas, plays, poetry
readings, radio interviews and other events. Highlights include recordings of
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show,
City Junket and Elmslie singing various individual songs from his operas as well as reading his own poetry.
Many recordings could not be viewed or listened to at the time of processing due to volume and, in some cases, format. Descriptions
were transcribed from the containers. However, many poetry-related recordings were digitized in 2023-24 and can be accessed
by clicking on the links in the finding aid. Other recordings require advance notice to arrange for access.
Arranged by format in three subseries: A) Audiocassettes, B) Reel-to-Reel and LPs (recordings are on reels unless otherwise
noted), and C) Videos.
Box 119, Folder 1
"Air" performance, by Steven Taylor, song by Kenward Elmslie
undated
Box 119, Folder 2
Alaska Blues, Woolworth Song, Figmill Piano
undated
Box 119, Folder 3
Anne Jacobsen, Steven Taylor
undated
Box 119, Folder 4
Bang Bang Tango: Kenneth Deifik performance ("en estereo vocal on right channel")
undated
Bang Bang Tango: Kenneth Deifik performance
Box 119, Folder 5
Bang Bang Tango (MOMA), Lola in Vermont
undated
Bang Bang Tango (MOMA), Lola in Vermont
Box 119, Folder 6
Bathhouse vocal samples
1993 January 3
General note
Includes the voices of Hillary Spector, Ellen Boyce, Chris O'Connor and Faye B. Summers.
Box 119, Folder 8
Beyond Baroque
1982 November 6
Kenward Elmslie reading at Beyond Baroque
Box 119, Folder 9
Bio, Movies in my Head, Air
undated
Kenward Elmslie sings: Bio, Movies in my Head, Air
Box 119, Folder 10
Bio - Song and vocal by Kenward Elmslie, harmonica by Kenneth Deifik
undated
Bio - Song and vocal by Kenward Elmslie, harmonica by Kenneth Deifik
Box 119, Folder 11-12
Readings at Books & Co.
1980 February 22-29
Readings at Books & Co.
Box 119, Folder 13
Cajun Vitrine performance, Steven Taylor
undated
Box 119, Folder 14
City Junket essential effects for performance
undated
City Junket essential effects for performance
General note
1) "Transistor" voice - Act one, scene four. 2) "Garden Factory" - Act one, scene seven. 3) Distant Siren - Act three, Scene
one. 4) Loud Siren - Act three, scene one.
Box 119, Folder 15
City Junket - John Ashbery "Museum Speech" and Sneaky Pete
undated
City Junket - John Ashbery "Museum Speech" and Sneaky Pete
Box 119, Folder 16
City Junket museum speech (Chicago Jimmy) - 1. Who'll Prop Me Up? 2. A Perfect Night
1976 November
City Junket museum speech (Chicago Jimmy)
Box 119, Folder 17
City Junket - New York Cultural Center performance
1974
City Junket - New York Cultural Center performance
General note
Side A: Overture through Act 2, scene 2 (The Hotel Room). Side B: Scene 3 - "The Exposition" to conclusion "Furtive Edna."
Box 119, Folder 18
City Junket - Perfect night, end of reading
undated
City Junket - Perfect night, end of reading
Box 119, Folder 20
Eggs - Music only, no vocals
undated
Box 119, Folder 21
"Eggs," "Bang Bang Tango" ["my version"], and "The Woolworth Song"
undated
Kenward Elmslie - "Eggs," "Bang Bang Tango" ["my version"], and "The Woolworth Song"
Box 119, Folder 22
Experts at Veneers (piano only)
undated
Box 119, Folder 23-25
Kenward Elmslie - Girl Machine
undated
Kenward Elmslie - Girl Machine
General
Includes first mix, from the record, and performance copy.
Box 119, Folder 24
Girl Machine, from the record
1998
Box 119, Folder 25
Girl Machine (NNR), performance copy
1985 March 16
Box 119, Folder 26
Hotel Firbank Spa, by Kenward Elmslie
1996 April 14-15
Kenward Elmslie - Hotel Firbank Spa
Box 119, Folder 27
Kenward Elmslie and Tony Greco rehearsing (informal) - Includes "Air" and "1967 Game Calendar"
undated
Box 119, Folder 28
Kenward Elmslie at the Church Street Center, Burlington, VT
1979 September 7
Kenward Elmslie at the Church Street Center, Burlington, VT
Box 119, Folder 29
Kenward Elmslie interview: Don and Newly Preciozi
1992 December 11
Box 119, Folder 30
Kenward Elmslie live performance
undated
Box 119, Folder 31
Kenward Elmslie on KPFA, Berkeley (Tinker Greene)
1980 March 25
Kenward Elmslie on In The American Tree - KPFA, Berkeley (Tinker Greene)
Box 119, Folder 32
Kenward Elmslie reading and singing poems and song at The Poetry Room
undated
Kenward Elmslie reading and singing poems and song at The Poetry Room
Box 119, Folder 33
Kenward Elmslie reading at the Smolin Gallery in New York City
ca. 1963
Kenward Elmslie reading at the Smolin Gallery - New York City
Box 119, Folder 34
Kenward Elmslie singing
undated
Box 119, Folder 35
LA Postcard Queen (practice tape) Steven Taylor vocals
1993 January 7
Box 120, Folder 1
Libretto Land - "They"
undated
Box 120, Folder 2
Libretto Land (for Columbia College: Chicago)
1984 May 3
Box 120, Folder 3
Lines: National Series, Kenward Elmslie workshop
1985
Lines: National Series, Kenward Elmslie workshop
Box 120, Folder 4
Lola: A Musical, "A New Life"
undated
Box 120, Folder 5
Love letter vocal practice by Kenward Elmslie
undated
Box 120, Folder 6
Love Letter with Ken Deifik
undated
Box 120, Folder 7
Madonna's Milk Bar - Kenward Elmslie performance
undated
Box 120, Folder 8
Madonna's Milk Bar - Practice session
undated
Box 120, Folder 9
Movies in My Head (piano)
undated
Box 120, Folder 10
Movies in My Head
undated
General note
Song and vocal by Kenward Elmslie, harmonica by Kenneth Deifik; The Woolworth Song/General Fong Song (vocal by Kenward Elmslie
and arranged by Roger Treyfousse).
Box 120, Folder 11
New Langton Arts - San Francisco
1984 October 9
Kenward Elmslie at New Langton Arts - San Francisco
Box 120, Folder 12
"Night Emerald," by Elmslie and Taylor, six songs
undated
Box 120, Folder 13
"Oink" Benefit - Chicago
1984 May 3
Box 120, Folder 14
"Our Man in Havana"
undated
General note
Seven songs with commentary. Music by Irvin Graham, commentary and introduction.
Box 120, Folder 15
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - II
1986 April 14
General note
Includes: And I Was There, Beauty Secrets, Brazil, One Night Stand, Eggs, Bang-Bang Tango, Palais Bimbo Spa, Steel Genius:
Scene A) Woolworth Song B) A Perfect Night, and Reach Out.
Box 120, Folder 16
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - Madonna's Milk Bar to Sneaky Pete
undated
General note
Side A: Bio, Judy's Rap, Beauty Secrets, Big Bar, Rumpus Room, One Night Stand, Puce Parrot, Eggs, Who'll Prop Me Up, Fujiyama,
Air and I Was There, Hurricane Update, Bang-Bang Tango, and Vivi's. Side B: Madonna's Milk Bar, Meat, Palais Bimbo Spa, Love
Letter, Sneaky Pete.
Box 120, Folder 17
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - Finale: Girl Machine
undated
Box 120, Folder 18
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - Seattle
undated
General note
Side A: Bio, Sin in the Hinterlands, Air, Eggs, Who'll Prop Me Up, They, Meat, Girl Machine, Bang-Bang Tango, Palais Bimbo
Spa, Brazil, Sneaky Pete. Side B: The Woolworth Song.
Box 120, Folder 19
[Palais] Bimbo Dirt & Bang Bang Tango, versions
undated
Box 120, Folder 20
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show (home)
undated
Box 120, Folder 21
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - Performance of end of Act I, complete Act II
undated
Box 120, Folder 22
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show
1986
General note
Recorded by Jimmy Tampubolon for Joe Brainard. Side 1: Girl Machine, Air, Who'll Prop Me Up in the Rain, Eggs, Bio, Meat,
Sin in the Hinterlands, The Palais Bimbo Spa. Side 2: Love letter, Sneaky Pete.
Box 120, Folder 23
Palais Bimbo Spa by Kenward Elmslie, vocals by Steven Taylor
undated
Box 120, Folder 24
Philadelphia reading (with Kenneth Deifik)
undated
Kenward Elmslie - Philadelphia reading (with Kenneth Deifik)
Box 120, Folder 26
Postcards on Parade, at Granary Books, Act I only
1993 April 8
Box 120, Folder 27
Postcards on Parade - Live performance
undated
Box 120, Folder 28
Postcards on Parade: A Musical Play - 10 songs
undated
Box 120, Folder 29
Rare Meat - Kenward Elmslie (WTC-132)
1977
Rare Meat - Kenward Elmslie (WTC-132)
Box 120, Folder 30
The Seagull - Act II (outside)
undated
Box 120, Folder 31
Sin in the Hinterlands - Kenward Elmslie
undated
Sin in the Hinterlands - Kenward Elmslie
Box 120, Folder 32
Sin in the Hinterlands - Vocal
undated
Box 120, Folder 33
Slow Awakener (No can take leak...)
undated
Box 120, Folder 34
Spit 'n Whittle/Where's My Sister?/You Fry
undated
Box 121, Folder 1
Playback! Song with vocals by Kenward Elmslie
undated
Box 121, Folder 2
St. Mark's poetry project - Kenward Elmslie and Steven Taylor
1984 February 22
St. Mark's Poetry Project - Kenward Elmslie and Steven Taylor
Box 121, Folder 3
St. Mark's reading. Piano: Tony Greco
1974 February 20
St. Mark's Poetry Project - Kenward Elmslie
Box 121, Folder 4
Three Sisters - Act 1, scenes 1-2, recorded by Jimmy Tampubolon
undated
Box 121, Folder 5
Three Sisters - On Morning Edition, National Public Radio
1986
Box 121, Folder 6
Various performers doing Elmslie songs; Rare Meat
1986
Box 121, Folder 7
White Attic (vocals by Kenward Elmslie) - Alaska
undated
Box 121, Folder 8
Zaniest Fair [Pair?] (Amsterdam version)
undated
Box 122, Folder 1-2
26 Bars - Amazon Club-Last Chance
Box 122, Folder 3
26 Bars - Nouvelle Kiwis 'n Art-Top o' Silo
Box 122, Folder 4-5
26 Bars - Underground Disco-Zanzibar
Box 122, Folder 6
Madonna's Milk Bar - Complete version with vocals
Box 122, Folder 7
Madonna's Milk Bar - Performance version without vocals
Box 122, Folder 10-12
Three Sisters - Production recording for Z Press (A/B, C and D on 3 reels)
Box 122, Folder 13
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show (Kenward Elmslie and Steven Taylor) - Master of 16 tracks
1987 April 6
Box 123, Folder 1-4
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show (possibly at Naropa University) - Performance reels 1-4
1987 April 11
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - Performance reels 1-4
Box 123, Folder 5
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - Performance Master
1985 April 9
Box 123, Folder 7
Instrumental compiled master - They, Candy Gram, I Trust the Wrong People, and One Night Stand
1981 November 22
Box 123, Folder 8
Instrumental compiled master - Beauty Secrets, The One and Only Person in the World, The Richest Man in the World, Brazil
1981 November 22
Box 123, Folder 9
Tones at top - Who'll Prop Me Up in the Rain, Bang Bang Tango, Eggs
1981 November 22
Tones at top - Who'll Prop Me Up in the Rain, Bang Bang Tango, Eggs
Box 123, Folder 10
Candy Gram - Instrumental version
1981 November 22
Box 123, Folder 11
Tones at tail - Beauty Secrets, One Night Stand, The One and Only Person in the World, Brazil, They
1981 November 23
Box 123, Folder 12
Beauty Secrets - Instrumental and vox version
1981 November 24
Box 123, Folder 13
Beauty Secrets, One Night Stand, The One and Only Person in the World, Brazil
1981 November 24
Box 123, Folder 14-17
Washington Square, reels 1-4
Box 123, Folder 18
Washington Square - The Lyric Theatre, New York (Kenward Elmslie and Thomas Pasatieri)
Box 124, Folder 2
Alaska
Alaska - Instrumental with Elmslie singing
Box 124, Folder 3
City Junket - Performance at the New York Cultural Center
1974 May 2
City Junket - Performance at the New York Cultural Center
Box 124, Folder 4
Reading: Southampton College. Kenward Elmslie with Kenneth Deifik
1980 February 28
Reading: Southampton College. Kenward Elmslie with Kenneth Deifik
Box 124, Folder 7
Sin in the Hinterlands
Sin in the Hinterlands - Kenward Elmslie
Oversize OM-1, Folder 14
Three Sisters - Test pressing/recording on two LP records
1986 September 11
General note
Includes oversized opera program or album cover with liner notes. Recorded from original reel-to-reels in Box 122 folders
10-12.
Box 125, Folder 1
26 Bars - Live at Naropa Institute
Box 125, Folder 2
Allen Ginsberg memorial + Father Death Blues, Ah Sunflower, and Nurse's Sons
1997
General note
Recorded by Cloud House Poetry Archive (SS Kush), San Francisco Temple Emanu-El. Includes VHS cover design.
Box 125, Folder 3
City Junket
2002
General note
New Langston Arts, directed by Mac McGinnis. Recorded by Cloud House Poetry Archive (SS Kush).
Box 125, Folder 4
City Junket - Part 1 (master on Sony U-Matic)
undated
Box 125, Folder 5
City Junket - Part 2 (master on Sony U-Matic)
undated
Box 125, Folder 6-7
Irons in the Fire - Barbara Guest, tapes 1-2
2002 May 2
Box 125, Folder 8-10
Irons in the Fire - Lucia Berlin, tapes 1, 3-4
2002 April 5
Box 125, Folder 11
Kenward Elmslie - Mills College, Oakland
2002 February 12
General note
Introduction by Steven Ratcliffe. Recorded by Cloud House Poetry Archive (SS Kush).
Box 125, Folder 12
Kenward Elmslie - San Francisco Poet Museum
2002 February 6
General note
Introduction by Aaron Shurin with Q+A. Recorded by Cloud House Poetry Archive (SS Kush).
Box 125, Folder 13
Kenward Elmslie at San Francisco State University, Poetry Center
1990 March 1
Box 125, Folder 14
Kenward Elmslie at St. Marks, reading
1988 May
Box 125, Folder 15-17
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - 3 VHS labelled "Tapes #1-12"
1987 May 13
Box 125, Folder 18
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - Rough edit master
undated
Box 125, Folder 19
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - Seattle
undated
Box 125, Folder 20
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - J. West recording
undated
Box 125, Folder 21
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show and Night Emerald, by Kenward Elmslie and Steven Taylor - Naropa Institute performance
1991 July 23
Box 125, Folder 22
Radio Thin Air - The Kenward Elmslie Show, produced by Mitch Corber
1990 April 27
AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS - 2020 ADDITIONS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 18) Additional audiovisual recordings donated shortly after series 17) was processed in 2019; they compliment other
tracks already included in the collection. Many recordings could not be viewed or listened to at the time of processing due
to volume and, in some cases, format. Descriptions were transcribed from the containers. However, many poetry-related recordings
were digitized in 2023-24 and can be accessed by clicking on the links in the finding aid. Other recordings require advance
notice to arrange for access.
Arranged in three subseries by format: A) Reel-to-reel, B) Videos, and C) Audiocassettes (no further arrangement within subseries).
A) Reel-to-Reel: Open tape recordings on standard 1/4" tape, unless otherwise stated in the description. Some recordings are
professional-quality masters.
B) Videos: Standard VHS cassettes, unless otherwise noted.
C) Audiocassettes: Cassette tapes of performances, revues, and individual songs; at the very end of the series are three digital
recordings on mini-CD.
Three Sisters - Z Press Master 2" tapes on 10.5" reels
1986
Box 134
Miscellaneous recordings - 10.5" reels
1981 November
General note
13 reels, including: Kenward Elmslie Visited; The One and Only Person in the World; Candy Gram; Beauty Secrets; I Trust the
Wrong People.
Box 135
Painted Smiles - Master 1" tapes on large cores
1984
Box 136
Kenward Elmslie Visited - Z Press Master 2" tapes on 10.5" reels
1981
Box 137
Kenward Elmslie Visited - Z Press Master 2" tapes on 10.5" reels
1981
Box 138, Folder 1-2
Kenward Elmslie Visited - Z Press Master 2" tapes on 10.5" reels
1981
Box 139
Miss Julie (2) and Palais Bimbo (9) - 10.5" reels and cores
1979-1981
Box 140, Folder 1-4
Sin in the Hinterlands
1984
Box 140, Folder 6
Kenward Elmslie Visited
1984
Box 140, Folder 7
One Night Stand, Beauty Secret, and Shuffle the Cards with Steven Marooshes on piano
undated
Box 142, Folder 4-6
City Junket
ca. 1974
City Junket
Box 142, Folder 7
La Follie
undated
General note
Music by Claiborne Richardson and lyrics by Kenward Elmslie. On outside of box, "Crazy Lady."
Box 143, Folder 4
Poetry reading at 98 Greene St. loft - Elmslie and Lee Crabtree
undated
Poetry reading at 98 Greene St. Loft - Elmslie and Lee Crabtree
Box 143, Folder 5
Arthur Seigal singing Latouche; Act I of Sweet Bye and Bye
undated
Box 144, Folder 1
Untitled, with music by Taylor and words by Elmslie
undated
Box 144, Folder 2
Palais Bimbo performance narration
1987 April 29
Box 144, Folder 3
Chaillot "Angelica"
undated
Box 144, Folder 4-5
Adele - Steber and Rorem-Flanagan concert
undated
Box 144, Folder 6-7
Sweet Bye and Bye
undated
Box 138, Folder 3-4
City Junket - Master and copy on Sony 720mm videotape
Box 145, Folder 1
26 Bars, Naropa - Raw, unedited footage
1988 July 19
Box 145, Folder 3
Blasts from the Past
2002 August 6
Box 145, Folder 4
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show excerpted from New City Theatre performance
undated
Box 145, Folder 5
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show, New City Theatre, Seattle (unedited)
1986 May 12
Box 145, Folder 6
Homemade media show (cable) feat. Palais Bimbo Lounge Show and Nat Ayer
1986 July 2
Box 145, Folder 7
Palais Bimbo lecture/reading at Naropa, with Elmslie and Steven Taylor
1988 July 21
Box 145, Folder 9
Palais Bimbo and Night Emerald at Naropa, with Elmslie and Steven Taylor
1991 July 23
Box 145, Folder 11
Postcards on Parade - Elmslie performs at the St. Johnsbury, VT Athenaeum with intro. by William Corbett
1995 August
Box 145, Folder 12
Elmslie/Taylor Postcards
1993 April 8
Box 145, Folder 13
Postcards on Parade, Brown University
1993 September 22
Box 145, Folder 14
Postcards on Parade, unedited Act I
1995 August 9
Box 145, Folder 15
Postcards on Parade, unedited Act II
1995 August 9
Box 145, Folder 16
The Grass Harp - York Players
undated
Box 145, Folder 17
Songs from The Grass Harp, Camera 3
1977 May 20
Box 145, Folder 18
The Grass Harp, Phoenix Rising Theatre, North Hollywood
1980 January 28
Box 145, Folder 19
Radio Thin Air, Kenward Elmslie Show
1990 April 27
Box 145, Folder 21
Naropa reading with Elmslie and Steven Taylor
2001 July 13
Box 145, Folder 22
Ballad for Americans, Golden Apple, Grass Harp, and Pacific Overtures
undated
Box 145, Folder 25
Bobbie Hawkins live in San Diego
1985 June
Box 145, Folder 26
Elmslie - Who'll Prop Me Up in the Rain from Poetry in Motion (Sony mini digital video)
undated
Box 145, Folder 27-29
Irons in the Fire - Diane Di Prima
2002 October 29
Box 145, Folder 30-31
Irons in the Fire - Ron Padgett
2002 November 20
Box 146, Folder 1-4
Irons in the Fire - Ron Padgett
2002 August 7
Box 146, Folder 5
Irons in the Fire - Lonnie
2002 October 11
Box 146, Folder 6-7
Irons in the Fire - Bill Berkson
2002 October 3
Box 146, Folder 8-10
Irons in the Fire - Maxine Chernoff
undated
Cloud House Poetry Archives recordings
Box 147, Folder 1
Elmslie in Champ Dust, a solo revue featuring highlights from Postcards on Parade at SFAI, with intro. by Bill Berkson
1994 November 9
Box 147, Folder 2
Tom Clark, Joe Elegy, Jay DeFeo, Robin Blasé and Ladoh in special tape made for Elmslie
undated
Box 147, Folder 3
Elmslie reading at the Poetry Center, San Francisco
1990 March 1
Box 147, Folder 4
Elmslie - Small Press Traffic
1997 January 10
Box 147, Folder 5
Edmund Berrigan - Small Press Traffic, first reading
1997 October 3
Box 147, Folder 6
Ed Dorn - Holloway Poetry Series, Maude Fife Room at UC Berkeley
1997 October 30
Box 147, Folder 7
Eileen Kaufman, Ruth Weiss - Women of the Beat Generation I
1997 February 26
Box 147, Folder 8
Diane di Prima - Women of the Beat Generation II
1997 February 26
Box 148, Folder 13-14
Bookworm, with Michael Silverblatt (KCRW)
1997, 1999
Kenward Elmslie on Bookworm, with Michael Silverblatt (KCRW)
Box 148, Folder 29-31
Recordings for performance at Naropa
Recordings for performance at Naropa
Box 148, Folder 32
Bill Berkson and Kenward Elmslie
1969 December 7
Bill Berkson and Kenward Elmslie reading
General note
Described by Ron Padgett as "probably Poetry Project."
Box 148, Folder 33-34
Poetry Project group reading
1991 May 2
Poetry Project group reading
Box 149, Folder 5-6
Kenward Elmslie in: Champ Dust: A Solo Review
1994 November 9
Kenward Elmslie in: Champ Dust: A Solo Review
Box 149, Folder 11-12
The Grass Harp - Rehearsals
Box 149, Folder 13
The Grass Harp - WQXR live program
Box 149, Folder 27-30
One Night Stand (and other songs)
Box 149, Folder 32-34
Kenward Elmslie song set Small Press Traffic at New College (Bare Bones, Elegy for Joe, and others)
1997 January 10
Box 150, Folder 34
Bombay Gin Benefit / One Night Stand with Anne Waldman
1990 October 19
Bombay Gin Benefit
Box 151, Folder 1-3
Happy New Year / I Remember
Kenward Elmslie - Happy New Year / I Remember
Box 151, Folder 4
Kenward Elmslie - Night Emerald performance
Kenward Elmslie - Night Emerald performance
Box 151, Folder 6-9
Beyond Baroque readings
1982
Kenward Elmslie Beyond Baroque and other locations - readings and performances
Box 151, Folder 10
Kenward Elmslie singing (home recording)
Box 151, Folder 11-12
Floozies (from The Grass Harp)
Box 151, Folder 15
Orchid Stories
Kenward Elmslie reading from "Orchid Stories"
Box 151, Folder 24
Elmslie - Various songs
1981 November 24
General note
Includes Beauty Secrets, One Night Stand, The One and Only, Brazil, Candy Gram, and more.
Box 151, Folder 27
Night of my Soul
1994-1995
Box 151, Folder 29
Elmslie set 2, Bartos
1998 November 12
Box 151, Folder 30
Oink live benefit performance with Steven Taylor
Box 151, Folder 34
Improvs with Lee Crabtree and Kenward Elmslie
Improvs with Lee Crabtree and Kenward Elmslie
Box 152, Folder 4
Iridescence sampler / Blind Witness News - Barry McBride, Yusef Lateef, Kenward Elmslie
1988
Box 152, Folder 5
KE with Steven Taylor at St. Mark's Church
1984 February 22
Kenward Elmslie with Steven Taylor at St. Mark's Church
Box 152, Folder 6
Interview with Don and Newly Preciosi
1992 December 11
Box 152, Folder 7
KE and Claiborne Richardson "ramble"
Kenward Elmslie and Claiborne Richardson "ramble"
Box 152, Folder 9-10
Postcards on Parade (R-60 DAT mastering audiocassettes)
Box 152, Folder 11-12
Elmslie interviews (3" Sony digital audio recordable mini-discs)
Elmslie interviews