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Norma Cole collection

 Collection
Identifier: PCMS-0087
Abstract Norma Cole is a poet, translator, visual artist, and educator. Born in Toronto, Canada, she learned French at an early age and received her B.A. in Modern Languages and Literature and M.A. in French Language and Literature from the University of Toronto. She has translated a number of French writers into English, and has published over 30 books and chapbooks of her own poetry, some of which incorporates her visual work. Cole has lived in San Francisco since the early 1970s and has held...
Dates: 1979-2014

Robert Duncan collection

 Collection
Identifier: PCMS-0110
Abstract

The Robert Duncan collection comprises over 100 linear feet of manuscript material, correspondence, artwork, ephemera, audio visual material, and printed material related to Robert Duncan’s (1919-1988) life and work, including a significant amount of material related to his partner, Jess (1923-2004), a visual artist who often collaborated with Duncan.

Dates: circa 1900-1996; Majority of material found within 1940-1986

Harry Jacobus Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PCMS-0039
Abstract

The Harry Jacobus collection includes 400 prints of digital art by Jacobus, some of which are manipulations of his paintings and drawings; photographs from San Francisco and travels in Europe and Mexico; a file on the King Ubu Gallery, including photocopied exhibition fliers; correspondence from Jess and other friends and associates; and a digital recording of Robert Duncan's "Foust Foutu" performed at The Six Gallery.

Dates: 1945-2011

Krupskaya Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: PCMS-0076
Abstract

This collection contains material relating to the publication of books from Krupskaya. The press was founded in 1998 as a collective of writer-editors who publish experimental poetry and prose.

Dates: 1998 - 2013