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Series I: Correspondence, 1961-1993
Series III: Lita Hornick Files, 1948-1994
Series IV: Photographs, 1950s-1990s
Series V: Artwork, 1965-1980
Series VI: Publications, 1961-1993

Kulchur Foundation records, 1936-1994, bulk 1969-1989

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Series II: Kulchur Magazine and Kulchur Press,, 1953-1989

This series comprises the bulk of the collection and includes the editorial, administrative, and financial records of Kulchur.

Subseries II.1: Kulchur Magazine, 1961-1966

This subseries contains files for each issue of the magazine that Lita Hornick had a hand in editing-- fromKulchur 3through magazine's final issue,Kulchur 20(though the file forKulchur 4,which was guest-edited by Gilbert Sorrentino, is mostly photostats). These files generally contain the manuscripts for articles and reviews for each issue (often heavily marked up by Ms. Hornick) and hand-written notes about layout and the order in which the pieces should appear.


Box 7 Folder 1 Kulchur #3 Editorial Files

Box 7 Folder 2 Kulchur #4, 1961 (mostly Photostats), 1961

Box 7 Folder 3 Kulchur #6, Summer, 1962

Box 7 Folder 4 Kulchur #7, Autumn, 1962

Box 7 Folder 5 Kulchur #8, Winter, 1962

Box 7 Folder 6 Kulchur #9, Spring, 1963


Box 8 Folder 1 Kulchur #10, Summer, 1963

Box 8 Folder 2 Kulchur #11, Autumn, 1963

Box 8 Folder 3 Kulchur #12, Winter, 1963

Box 8 Folder 4 Kulchur #13, Spring, 1964

Box 8 Folder 5 Kulchur #14, Summer, 1964

Box 8 Folder 6 Kulchur # 15, Autumn, 1964


Box 9 Folder 1 Kulchur #16, Winter, 1964-1965

Box 9 Folder 2 Kulchur #17, Spring, 1965

Box 9 Folder 3 Kulchur #18, Summer, 1965

Box 9 Folder 4 Kulchur #19, Fall, 1965

Box 9 Folder 5 Kulchur #20, Winter, 1965-1966

Subseries II.2: Editorial Files, 1967-1989

This subseries is comprised of files for each of the books published by Kulchur Press and Kulchur Foundation, arranged alphabetically by author. Most files will contain an original manuscript, and corrected and uncorrected proofs, cover art or illustrations, as well as any additional material related to the book's production or promotion such as promotional material and invitations to release parties. This series also includes the manuscripts, proofs, and other editorial files for books written by Lita Hornick and published by Kulchur. For files on books authored by Hornick, but not published by Kulchur, see Series III: Lita Hornick Files.

Additionally, original artwork for Kulchur Press publications (such as Joe Brainard's artwork forAlbumandBean Spasms)will be found with the editorial files for those books, rather than in the artwork Series.

Adam, Helen

Turn Again to Me and Other Poems , 1982


Box 10 Folder 1 Manuscript

Box 10 Folder 2 to 5 Proofs, (4 Folders)

(includes galley proofs, corrected galleys, and page proofs)

Box 10 Folder 6 Paste-up Copy


Box 54 Publicity Material

Adam, Helen and Austé

Stone Cold Gothic , 1984


Box 11 Folder 1 Manuscript

Box 11 Folder 2 to 4 Proofs, (3 Folders)

Antin, David

Talking , 1972


Box 12 Folder 1 Cover Designs

Box 12 Folder 2 Manuscript

Box 12 Folder 3 Mechanicals

Box 12 Folder 4 Promotional Material

Berrigan, Ted and Ron Padgett

Bean Spasms , 1967


Box 13 Folder 1 to 3 Cover Design and Cover Art, (3 Folders)

(Joe Brainard's original Artwork)

Box 13 Folder 4 Original Artwork-- Joe Brainard

Box 13 Folder 5 Photographs


Box 54 Reviews

Brainard, Joe

Selected Writings , 1971


Box 13 Folder 6 Manuscript

Box 13 Folder 7 Proofs-- Cover

Box 13 Folder 8 Promotional Material

Ceravolo, Joe

Millennium Dust , 1982

Box 13 Folder 9 Manuscript

Box 13 Folder 10 Cover Art


Box 14 Folder 1 to 4 Proofs, (4 Folders)

Box 14 Folder 5 Publicity Material

Tom Clark

At Malibu , 1975

Box 14 Folder 6 Manuscript

Box 14 Folder 7 to 9 Proofs, (3 Folders)

Box 14 Folder 10 Promotional Material

Elmslie, Kenward

Album , 1969


Box 15 Folder 1 Manuscript

Box 15 Folder 2 to 4 Original Artwork by Joe Brainard, (3 Folders)

(includes "Bev," "The Black Capsule," and "April," as well as other illustrations)

Box 15 Folder 5 Dummies

Box 15 Folder 6 Photostat Proofs


Box 59 Folder 1 Galley Proofs- with Corrections, (3 Folders)

Sung Sex , 1989


Box 15 Folder 7 to 10 Proofs, (4 Folders)

Fagin, Larry

Rhymes of a Jerk , 1974


Box 16 Folder 1 Manuscript

Box 16 Folder 2 Publicity Material


Box 54 Folder 2 to 4 Page Proofs, (3 Folders)

Box 54 Folder 5 to 6 Cover Designs, (2 Folders)

Ferrari, Mary

Isle of the Little God , 1981


Box 16 Folder 3 Manuscript

Box 16 Folder 4 Cover Art

Box 16 Folder 5 to 9 Proofs, (5 Folders)


Box 17 Folder 1 Paste-up Pages

Box 17 Folder 2 to 3 Promotional Material, (2 Folders)

Giorno, John

Balling Buddha , 1970

Box 17 Folder 4 Manuscript

Giorno, John and Richard Bosman

Grasping at Emptiness , 1985

Box 17 Folder 5 Art Work

Box 17 Folder 6 to 7 Proofs, (2 Folders)


Box 18 Folder 1 to 3 Proofs, (3 Folders)

Greenwald, Ted

The Licorice Chronicles , 1979


Box 55 Cover Design

Box 55 Page Proofs (3 sets)

Hartman, Yuki

Ping , 1984


Box 17 Folder 4 Manuscript

Box 17 Folder 5 to 9 Proofs, (5 Folders)

Box 17 Folder 10 Paste-up Pages

Box 17 Folder 11 Publicity Materials

Hornick, Lita

Night Flight , 1978-1982


Box 19 Folder 1 Artwork

Manuscript

Box 19 Folder 2 to 4 General, (3 Folders)

Box 19 Folder 5 Introduction

Box 19 Folder 6 Ted Berrigan/Romantic Formalist

Box 19 Folder 7 John Wieners/Tragic Lyricist

Box 19 Folder 8 to 9 The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodies Poetics, (2 Folders)


Box 20 Folder 1 David Antin/Debunker of the "Real"

Box 20 Folder 2 to 3 Joe Brainard/Ingenious Ironist, (2 Folders)

Box 20 Folder 4 The Haunted Land of Helen Adams

Box 20 Folder 5 to 8 The Poems of Jack Kerouac, (4 Folders)

Box 20 Folder 9 to 11 Notes on the Records of Giorno Poetry Systems, (3 Folders)


Box 21 Folder 1 to 4 Twelve Paintings in My Collection, (4 Folders)

Box 21 Folder 5 to 9 Proofs, (5 Folders)


Box 22 Folder 1 to 2 Proofs-- David Antin Chapter, (2 Folders)

Box 22 Folder 3 Promotional Materials

Box 22 Folder 4 Reviews


Box 58 Cover Design and Artwork-- Oversize, 2 folders

Nine Martinis , 1986


Box 21 Folder 5 to 7 Artwork, (3 Folders)

Manuscript


Box 23 Folder 1 General

Box 23 Folder 2 Paul Blackburn/Sensual Singer

Box 23 Folder 3 Susan Hall/Out of the Shadows

Box 23 Folder 4 Andrei Codrescu/Sabateur (sic) of History

Box 23 Folder 5 Richard Bosman/Terror as Myth

Box 23 Folder 6 Alice Notley/A Feminine Identity

Box 23 Folder 7 Austé/Romantic Occultist

Box 23 Folder 8 Joseph Ceravolo/Night Bird

Box 23 Folder 9 Miriam Schapiro/Woman Articulate

Box 23 Folder 10 to 12 Proofs, (3 Folders)

Box 23 Folder 13 to 14 Promotional Materials, (2 Folders)

Howe, Susan

Defenestration of Prague , 1983


Box 24 Folder 1 Cover Art

Box 24 Folder 2 to 3 Manuscript, (2 Folders)

Box 24 Folder 4 to 7 Proofs, (4 Folders)


Box 25 Folder 1 to 2 Proofs, (2 Folders)

Box 25 Folder 3 Promotional Materials

Jones, Hettie

Poetry Now , 1966

Box 25 Folder 4 Manuscript

Box 25 Folder 5 Permissions

Box 25 Folder 6 Reviews and Contributor List

Katz, Alex and Kenneth Koch

Interlocking Lives , 1970


Box 54 Manuscript


Box 25 Folder 7 Cover Design

Box 25 Folder 8 to 20 Proofs, (3 Folders)

(includes page proofs, galleys, and bluelines)


Box 26 Folder 1 Proofs

Box 26 Folder 2 Dummy

Kostelanetz, Richard

I Articulations , 1974

Box 26 Folder 3 Manuscript

Box 26 Folder 4 to 6 Proofs, (3 Folders)

Box 26 Folder 7 Publicity Materials

Lavin, Stuart R.

Let Myself Shine , 1979

Box 26 Folder 8 to 9 Manuscript, (2 Folders)

Box 26 Folder 10 Publicity Material


Box 56 Page Proofs

MacAdams, Lewis

Live at the Church , 1977


Box 26 Folder 11 Manuscript

Box 26 Folder 12 Proofs

Box 26 Folder 13 Promotional Material


Box 56 Cover Art

Box 56 Proofs

Malanga, Gerard and Andy Warhol

Screen Tests/A Diary , 1966


Box 27 Folder 1 Manuscript

Box 27 Folder 2 Photographs

Box 27 Folder 3 Proofs

Box 27 Folder 4 Release Forms and Permissions

Box 27 Folder 5 Reviews

Mayer, Bernadette

Poetry , 1976

Box 27 Folder 6 Manuscript

Box 27 Folder 7 Paste-up Copy

Box 27 Folder 8 to 9 Proofs, (2 Folders)

North, Charles

Leap Year , 1978


Box 28 Folder 1 Manuscript

Box 28 Folder 2 Proofs

Box 28 Folder 3 Paste-up Copy

Notley, Alica

Waltzing Matilda , 1981

Box 28 Folder 4 Manuscript

Box 28 Folder 5 Galleys


Box 29 Folder 1 to 4 Proofs, (4 Folders)

Box 29 Folder 5 Paste-up Copy

Box 29 Folder 6 Promotional Material

Owen, Maureen

Hearts in Space , 1980


Box 30 Folder 1 Manuscript

Box 30 Folder 2 to 6 Proofs, (5 Folders)

Box 30 Folder 7 Mechanicals

Box 30 Folder 8 Promotional Material


Box 58 Cover Design and Artwork

Owens, Rochelle

How Much Paint Does the Paintings Need , 1988


Box 31 Folder 1 Manuscript

Box 31 Folder 2 to 4 Proofs (3 Folder)

I am the Babe of Joseph Stalin's Daughter , 1972

Box 31 Folder 5 Manuscript

Box 31 Folder 6 Paste-up Copy

Box 31 Folder 7 Promotional Materials

Perrault, John

Luck , 1969


Box 32 Folder 1 Manuscript


Box 59 Folder 2 Galley proofs

Plymell, Charles

The Trashing of America , 1975


Box 32 Folder 2 Artwork

Box 32 Folder 3 to 4 Manuscript, (2 Folders)

Box 32 Folder 5 Proofs (blueline)

Box 32 Folder 6 Paste-up Copy

Box 32 Folder 7 Reviews


Box 56 Galley Proofs

Ratcliff, Carter

Fever Coast , 1973


Box 32 Folder 8 Cover Design

Box 32 Folder 9 Manuscript

Box 32 Folder 10 Proofs

Box 32 Folder 11 Promotional Materials


Box 59 Folder 5 Galley Proofs

Pommy Vega, Janine

The Bard Owl , 1980


Box 33 Folder 1 Manuscript

Box 33 Folder 2 to 4 Proofs, (3 Folders)

Saroyan, Aram

Untitled, 1968

Box 33 Folder 5 Manuscript

Torregian, Sotère

The Age of Gold , 1976

Box 33 Folder 6 Manuscript

Box 33 Folder 7 Proofs

Towle, Tony

New and Selected Poems , 1983


Box 34 Folder 1 Manuscript

Box 34 Folder 2 to 4 Proofs, (3 Folders)

Box 34 Folder 5 Promotional Material

Violi, Paul

In Baltic Circles , 1973

Box 34 Folder 6 Cover Art

Box 34 Folder 7 Manuscript

Box 34 Folder 8 Promotional Material


Box 59 Folder 6 Galley Proofs

Box 59 Folder 7 Cover Design

Waldman, Anne

No Hassles , 1971


Box 35 Folder 1 Manuscript

Box 35 Folder 2 Paste-up Copy

Box 35 Folder 3 Promotional Materials

Waldman, Anne and Susan Howe

Invention , 1985

Box 35 Folder 4 to 7 Proofs, (4 Folders)

Warsh, Lewis

Blue Heaven , 1978


Box 36 Folder 1 Manuscript

Box 36 Folder 2 to 3 Proofs, (2 Folders)

Box 36 Folder 4 Promotional Materials


Box 56 Galley Proofs

Subseries II.3: Unpublished Manuscripts, 1953-1992

This series includes manuscripts that were submitted to Kulchur, but never published, as well as a small body of work that was submitted toCover,a little magazine edited and published by Lita Hornick's friend Jeffrey Cyphers Wright.


Box 37 Folder 1 Adam, Helem-- Poems

Box 37 Folder 2 Austé-- Poems and Tales, 1976-1979

Box 37 Folder 3 Berrigan, Ted-- Review of Joe Ceravolo's Millennium Dust, 1982

Box 37 Folder 4 Eshleman, Clayton-- "Bouquet,", 1965

(review of Cid Corman'sIn Good Time.Submitted toKulchurbut not published.

Box 37 Folder 5 Goodman, Paul-- "Casper's Birthday,", 1953

Box 37 Folder 6 Ginsberg, Allen-- Note

Box 37 Folder 7 Giorno, John-- Cancer of My Ball Manuscript

(photocopy)

Box 37 Folder 8 Gustafson, Jim-- "Shameless in New York"

Box 37 Folder 9 Hamilton, Steve-- Poems

Box 37 Folder 10 Higgins, Dick-- Essays, 1976

Box 37 Folder 11 Jones, LeRoi-- "An Anthology of Chance Operations,", 1964

(book review)

Box 37 Folder 12 to 13 Kirstein, Lincoln-- "Eisenstein,", 1963, (2 Folders)

Box 37 Folder 14 Kaplan, Allan, 1964

Box 37 Folder 15 Katz, Alex-- Drawing

Box 37 Folder 16 MacLow, Jackson-- Poems, 1964

Box 37 Folder 17 to 19 Malanga, Gerard-- Poems, 1964-1990, (3 Folders)

Box 37 Folder 20 Margolies, Richard

Box 37 Folder 21 Monk, Meredith Jane-- "Chacon Trio,", 1977

(music score inscribed to Lita and Morton Hornick)

Box 37 Folder 22 Olsen, Charles-- "Psychic Subdivisions,", 1964

Box 37 Folder 23 to 24 Owens, Rochelle-- "Chucky's Hunch" and "Gram Atom Lita Poem: Poem for Lita Hornick,", 1980-1981, (2 Folders)

Box 37 Folder 25 Powers, Shirley-- Poems, 1974

Box 37 Folder 26 Randall, Margaret

Box 37 Folder 27 Ross, David-- Review

Box 37 Folder 28 Rothenberg, Jerome-- "Words,", 1964

Box 37 Folder 29 Sinclair, John-- Review of A.B. Spellman's The beautiful Days

Box 37 Folder 30 Sorrentino, Gilbert-- Review

Box 37 Folder 31 Spellman, A.B.-- Review

Box 37 Folder 32 Torregian, Sotère-- Poems, 1976

Box 37 Folder 33 Towle, Rachel-- Poems, 1971-1974

Box 37 Folder 34 Vega, Janine Pommey-- Poems

Box 37 Folder 35 Waldman, Anne-- Poems

Box 37 Folder 36 Weigel, Tom-- "Corker" and "Foot on Pedal"

Box 37 Folder 37 Unidentified, Unpublished Manuscripts

Material Submitted to Cover Magazine


Box 38 Folder 1 Brodsky, Louis-- Poems

Box 38 Folder 2 Economou, George-- Poems

Box 38 Folder 3 Ginsburg, Allen-- "Images From Mind and Space New York City"

Box 38 Folder 4 Hughes, Sophie-- Poems

Box 38 Folder 5 McClure, Michael-- Poems

Box 38 Folder 6 Nasdor, Marc-- "Returning Vultures"

Box 38 Folder 7 Notley, Alice-- "Rubies,", 1992

Box 38 Folder 8 Oliver, Douglas-- The Lake of the Presidents, 1992

Box 38 Folder 9 Owens, Rochelle-- Poems

Box 38 Folder 10 Padgett, Ron-- Poems

Box 38 Folder 11 Pettet, Simon-- "Meulana"

Box 38 Folder 12 Rosenthal, Bob-- Poems

Box 38 Folder 13 Trausse, John-- Poems

Box 38 Folder 14 Vega, Janine Pommey-- Poems

Box 38 Folder 15 Viola, Paul-- Poems

Box 38 Folder 16 Warsh, Lewis-- Poems

Subseries II.4: Administrative and Financial Records, 1961-1994

Administrative and Financial Records, 1961-1994: This series includes Kulchur's Business and Administrative Files, including files for events sponsored or produced by the Kulchur Foundation as well as financial records, subscription records, and copyright agreements.

Box 38 Folder 17 Advertising, 1964-1965

Box 38 Folder 18 Association of Literary Magazines of America (ALMA), 1962-1965

Box 38 Folder 19 to 23 Authors' Contracts, 1961-1985, (4 Folders)

Box 38 Folder 23 Copyright and Permissions, 1961-1979

Box 38 Folder 24 Corporate Documents, 1961-1970

(Trademark registration, Board of Directors documents, etc.)

Box 38 Folder 25 Legal Documents

Box 38 Folder 26 Library of Congress Cataloging Documents, 1966-1974


Box 39 Folder 1 Mailing Lists

Box 39 Folder 2 to 3 Orders, (2 Folders)

Box 39 Folder 4 Postage and Mailings

Box 39 Folder 5 Permissions, 1964

Box 39 Folder 6 Marc Schleifer, 1961-1962

Box 39 Folder 7 The Toilet

(re. Kulchur Foundation co-producing LeRoi Jones's playThe Toilet)

Publicity


Box 40 Folder 1 Book Announcements

Box 40 Folder 2 to 3 Book Distribution Lists, (2 Folders)

Box 40 Folder 4 to 5 Book Inventory, (2 Folders)

Box 40 Folder 6 to 7 Invitations, (2 Folders)

Readings and Events

Box 40 Folder 8 Chinese- American Poetry Readings, 1988

Box 40 Folder 9 to 10 Institute of Contemporary Art Poetry (Philadelphia) Series, 1975-1976, (2 Folders)

Box 40 Folder 11 to 21 Museum of Modern Art Poetry Readings, 1973-1983, (11 Folders)


Box 41 Folder 1 to 6 Museum of Modern Art Poetry Readings, 1984-1994, (6 Folders)


Box 53 Video of Poetry 9 at MOMA (betamax)


Box 41 Folder 7 Poetry Evening at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1972

Poetry Project

Box 41 Folder 8 Program Information

Box 41 Folder 9 Correspondence

Box 41 Folder 10 St. Marks Theater Poetry Reading

Box 41 Folder 11 Newspaper Clippings and Ephemera

Financial Records


Box 42 Checks, Registers, and Deposit Statements, 1962-1973


Box 43 Folder 1 Bright Greek Light Company, 1965

(re. Kulchur Founadtion co-producing Lionel Abel's play "The Wives")

Box 43 Folder 2 Citadel Press, 1966-1967

Box 43 Folder 3 Eastern New Distributirs, 1962-1965

Box 43 Folder 4 Evergreen Review Ads, 1964-1986

Box 43 Folder 5 Financial Reports, 1961-1962, 1964-1968, 1961-1962, 1964-1968

Box 43 Folder 6 Galerie der Spiegel, 1967

(Correspondence and Contracts regarding German Publication ofScreen Tests

Box 43 Folder 7 H. Gantt, 1961-1970

(correspondence and invoices related to the printing of Kulchur Magazine and Books)

Box 43 Folder 8 Kulchur Advertising Rates

Box 43 Folder 9 Mandarin Books, LTD, 1964-1965

Box 43 Folder 10 National Association of College Stores (NACS), 1963-1964

Box 43 Folder 11 Sanavio, Piero, 1964

Box 43 Folder 12 Scorpion Press, 1962-1964

Box 43 Folder 13 Tax Records, 1968-1973


Box 44 Subscription Files