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Mica collection

 Collection
Identifier: PCMS-0007

Scope and Content Note

The Mica Collection contains manuscripts from such contributors as Carol Bergé, Charles Bukowski, Larry Eigner, J. H. Prynne, and Gael Turnbull; business records including receipts, addresses, announcements, and illustrations; Raymond Federman and Helmut Bonheim's editorial correspondence with writers like Ted Enslin, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Clayton Eshleman, Marvin Bell, Cid Corman, Tom Raworth, Denise Levertov, and Robert Creeley; and miscellaneous photographs and peripherals.

Dates

  • 1960-1962

Language of Materials

Collection material in English.

Terms of Access and Use

The Mica Collection, 1960-1962, is open for research.

Copyright

Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the Poetry Collection before requesting photocopies and/or publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Once permission is obtained, most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Historical Note

Raymond Federman and Helmut Bonheim published seven issues of Mica in Santa Barbara, CA between December 1960 and March 1962. Modeled after Gael Turnbull's magazine Migrant, Mica published "sections of letters, journals, notes, [and] remarks" as well as fiction and poetry by such English and American writers as Ian Hamilton Finlay, Gael Turnbull, Leslie Daiken, Tom Raworth, J. H. Prynne, Larry Eigner, Robert Creeley, Denise Levertov, Ted Enslin, and Charles Bukowski.

Extent

8.5 Linear Feet (10 clamshell manuscript boxes)

2.75 Linear Feet (10 boxes)

Abstract

The Mica Collection contains manuscripts from such contributors as Carol Bergé, Charles Bukowski, Larry Eigner, J. H. Prynne, and Gael Turnbull; business records including receipts, addresses, announcements, and illustrations; Raymond Federman and Helmut Bonheim's editorial correspondence with writers like Ted Enslin, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Clayton Eshleman, Marvin Bell, Cid Corman, Tom Raworth, Denise Levertov, and Robert Creeley; and miscellaneous photographs and peripherals.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in three series.

  1. I. Manuscripts
  2. II. Business records, art, photographs, and ephemera
  3. III. Correspondence

Acquisition Information

Donated to the Poetry Collection by Raymond Federman, Distinguished Emeritus Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.

Related Resources

Mica, Poetry Periodical Collection (no call number; shelved by title)

Processing Information

Collection processed by Poetry Collection staff.

Source

Title
Finding aid for the Mica collection
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by James Maynard.
Date
2011
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Best Practices
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the The Poetry Collection Repository

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