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Lyrasis Special Collections

Lyrasis Special Collections

Lyrasis Library
3390 Park Avenue
New York
NY
10024
USA
collections@lyrasis.org
The Lyrasis Special Collections showcase unique and rare materials curated to support research, education, and the preservation of cultural heritage across member institutions. (DEMO).

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Arthur Clark, memorabilia (misc), 2016-06-06-2016-06-30

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Arthur Clark, memorabilia (misc), 2016-06-14

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Flannery O'Connor Collection, 1939-2000, 1939-2000

24.5 Linear feet 27 boxes

24.5 linear feet. 27 boxes of papers about and by Flannery O'Connor's writings and life. 1 box contains artwork.

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Joe Brainard Archive, 1960-1992

32.20 Electronic file (8 archives boxes, 59 art bin items and 88 oversize folders) 32.20 linear feet (8 archives boxes, 59 art bin items and 88 oversize folders)
Materials collected by Robert Butts consisting primarily of diverse works by and regarding the popular New York artist and writer Joe Brainard (1942-1994). Brainard was the author of fifteen books of writing, the illustrator of numerous other books produced by members of the New York School, and a celebrated graphic artist whose work covered a broad range of sizes, styles and media. The Joe Brainard Archive consists of numerous examples of Brainard's graphic work dating from 1962 to 1979, most of the books illustrated by Brainard, all of Brainard's manuscripts and published writings, notebooks for Brainard's I REMEMBER series and several other books, Brainard's correspondence with members of the Butts family and correspondence to Brainard from Ned Rorem and Virgil Thompson, checklists of Brainard's artistic production constructed by Robert Butts, and a selection of articles devoted to Brainard's career. In addition to the Brainard materials, the Joe Brainard Archive also includes several lithographs by Alex Katz (b. 1927), an oil painting by Tom Clark, and a few ink sketches by poets Ron Padgett and Allen Ginsberg. There are also manuscripts of Ted Berrigan, Tom Clark and Rudy Kikel, in addition to broadsides and books written by New York School writers such as John Ashbery, Edwin Denby, and Kenneth Koch. The accessions processed in 1991 contain primarily original artworks by Joe Brainard in collaborations with Bill Berkson and Kenward Elmslie, including THE BABY BOOK (1965). Also included are correspondence, manuscript materials and photographs. The accession processed in 1993 comprises 16 letters and postcards from Joe Brainard to Robert Butts and one print by Andy Warhol.
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Joe Brainard Archive, 1960-1992 32.20 Electronic file (8 archives boxes, 59 art bin items and 88 oversize folders) 32.20 linear feet (8 archives boxes, 59 art bin items and 88 oversize folders)

 
Brainard, Joe, 1942-
Materials collected by Robert Butts consisting primarily of diverse works by and regarding the popular New York artist and writer Joe Brainard (1942-1994). Brainard was the author of fifteen books of writing, the illustrator of numerous other books produced by members of the New York School, and a celebrated graphic artist whose work covered a broad range of sizes, styles and media. The Joe Brainard Archive consists of numerous examples of Brainard's graphic work dating from 1962 to 1979, most of the books illustrated by Brainard, all of Brainard's manuscripts and published writings, notebooks for Brainard's I REMEMBER series and several other books, Brainard's correspondence with members of the Butts family and correspondence to Brainard from Ned Rorem and Virgil Thompson, checklists of Brainard's artistic production constructed by Robert Butts, and a selection of articles devoted to Brainard's career. In addition to the Brainard materials, the Joe Brainard Archive also includes several lithographs by Alex Katz (b. 1927), an oil painting by Tom Clark, and a few ink sketches by poets Ron Padgett and Allen Ginsberg. There are also manuscripts of Ted Berrigan, Tom Clark and Rudy Kikel, in addition to broadsides and books written by New York School writers such as John Ashbery, Edwin Denby, and Kenneth Koch. The accessions processed in 1991 contain primarily original artworks by Joe Brainard in collaborations with Bill Berkson and Kenward Elmslie, including THE BABY BOOK (1965). Also included are correspondence, manuscript materials and photographs. The accession processed in 1993 comprises 16 letters and postcards from Joe Brainard to Robert Butts and one print by Andy Warhol.
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Sherlock and Doyle Ephemera Collection, 1900-2008, 1925-2008

.14 Cubic feet Contains 2 boxes of items, 1 slim document case of manuscripts and 1 electronic file of digitized materials.
This collection contains miscellaneous ephemera related to Sherlock Holmes. Many of the items were owned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Sherlock and Doyle Ephemera Collection, 1900-2008, 1925-2008 .14 Cubic feet Contains 2 boxes of items, 1 slim document case of manuscripts and 1 electronic file of digitized materials.

 
This collection contains miscellaneous ephemera related to Sherlock Holmes. Many of the items were owned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Sherlock Holmes Ephemera Collection, 1900-1999

.16 Cubic feet
This collection contains miscellaneour ephemera related to Sherlock Holmes.
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