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Add MS 88909/129
- Record Id:
- 040-000090870
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000090674
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000502.0x000244
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88909/129
- Title:
- Bob Cobbing: Work by Contemporaries (S-W and Unidentified)
- Scope & Content:
-
(S)
- Robert Sheppard: 'Returns' (Supranormal/Rock Drill Press Freesheet, May 1983), 'Imperfect Knowledge i.m. Asa Benveniste' (Pages - copy typescript May 1990), and, with Patricia Farrell, Seven (four-panel folded, Ship of Fools, 1992);
- Colin Simms, 'Midwinter Housewife' (poem in typescript, 3 sheets);
- Stereo Headphones, 5 (Winter 1972), almost complete copy (lacking pp. 27-30), presented to Cobbing by Nicholas Zurbrugg (signature);
- Sub Voicive Poetry, 24 (1997), complete copy, including Cobbing.
(T)
- Stefan Themerson, 'The Semantic Poem' (manuscript, on computer paper dated 1978 on the verso);
- Richard Tipping, 'The Minister of Enlightenment and Propaganda' (poem in copy typescript, 2 sheets, 1979).
(V)
- Jiří Valoch, '8 + 8: exercises from semiotics' (21 sheets typescript, 1982) - signed and dated in pencil at foot of final sheet).
(W)
- M J Weller: 4 sheets photocopied, including Visual Assassin (1996) material and 'Proem' (1 sheet photocopy, 1998) referring to Cobbing's discarded images; also, pamphlet entitled W (Visual Associations, 1999);
- Jonathan Williams, 2 sheet statement (5 February, 1966) on activities in England and update on Jargon publications;
- The Wire (issue 179, January 1999) - 1 sheet photocopy of 'Writers' Pros & Cons' (Ben Watson and Douglas Wolk);
- John Whiting, 'Ezra Pound on Music', Music and Musicians (issue 350, October 1981), and outline biography (corrected typescript).
Unidentified:
- 5 poems concerning specific mushrooms (typeface suggests Poetry Review);
- 5 A4 sheets 'Imaginary Missing Persons' panels;
- Summer 71 Catalogue (otherwise not identified) containing various poetry book reviews (including Peter Riley, Jim Burns, Nick Kimberley, Thomas A Clark, Martin Wright, Allen Fisher and Andrew Crozier);
- 6 A4 sheets double-sided vispo fractured words, probably Writers Forum (possibly related to 'Imaginary Missing Persons' - see above);
- and several sheets of various items, including concrete and visual material.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000090674
033-000090837
040-000090870 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88909 : The Papers of Bob Cobbing
Add MS 88909/97-142 : Bob Cobbing and his Contemporaries
Add MS 88909/129 : Bob Cobbing: Work by Contemporaries (S-W and Unidentified) - Hierarchy:
- 032-000090674[0006]/033-000090837[0033]/040-000090870
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88909
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1966
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- 1966-1999
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Farrell, Patricia, poet, visual artist, b circa 1955
Sheppard, Robert, poet, author, b 1955
Simms, Colin, poet, naturalist, b 1939
Themerson, Stefan, poet, author, filmmaker, 1910-1988
Valoch, Jiří, art critic, curator, b 1946
Watson, Ben, poet, author, radio broadcaster, b 1956
Williams, Jonathan, poet, essayist, photographer, publisher, 1929-2008
Zurbrugg, Nicholas, poet, author, 1947-2001