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Descriptive Summary
Title:
Jackson Mac Low Papers, 1923-1995
Collection number:
MSS 0180
Creator:
Mac Low, Jackson
Extent:
33.15 linear feet
(79 archives boxes, 1 records carton
and 1 oversize folder)
Repository:
Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
Abstract:
Papers of Jackson Mac Low, a poet, composer and performance artist who has frequently
used systematic chance operations and other non-intentional compositional methods in his
work. The bulk of the collection dates between 1937 and 1995. The collection contains
notebooks (1948-1990); biographical material; correspondence (1943-1995); manuscripts of
poetry, prose, essays, plays, music and performance instructions; writings of others;
interviews with Mac Low; conference and residency documentation; posters and programs;
and subject files. Prominent correspondents include Kathy Acker, Julian Beck, Carol Berge, Paul Blackburn,
John Cage, Robert Creeley, Larry Eigner, Clayton Eshleman, Peter Ganick, Paul Goodman,
Allen Ginsberg, Donald Hall, Spencer Holst, Vera Lachmann, Denise Levertov, George
Maciunas, Judith Malina, Steve McCaffery, Nam June Paik, Jerome Rothenberg, Ron Silliman,
John Taggart, Diane Wakoski, Anne Waldman, and William Carlos Williams. The collection is arranged in ten series: 1) NOTEBOOKS, 2) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL, 3)
CORRESPONDENCE, 4) WRITINGS, 5) WRITINGS OF OTHERS, 6) INTERVIEWS, 7) CONFERENCES,
FESTIVALS AND RESIDENCIES, 8) PROGRAMS AND POSTERS, 9) SUBJECT FILES, and 10) ORIGINALS
OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
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