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Peter van Beveren Mail Art Collection
A Guide and Inventory
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Guide Compiled by John M. Bennett


INTRODUCTION

This collection, donated to the Library by Lee Ballentine, consists of mail art and related materials sent to and collected by Peter van Beveren of The Netherlands, during the period 1972-1986. It includes mail art, mail art documentation, correspondence, visual poetry, and other material from Robin Crozier, Klaus Groh, Jerzy Trelinski, Birger Jesch, David Zack, Leonhard Frank Duch, Paulo Bruscky, Richard Olsen, The Impossibilists (Tom Cassidy), Chuck Stake, Peter Whitson Warren, Ken Saville, Michael Gibbs, Guillermo Diesler, and others. The collection is in a single box, with folders designated by numbers.

August 2008



Overview of the Collection:

Repository:Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
Identification:Spec.rare.cms.304
Creator:Peter van Beveren
Title:Peter van Beveren Mail Art Collection
Dates:1972-1986
Quantity:one box
Description:mail art, mail art documentation, correspondence, visual poetry, and other material




Images:


Folder 3
Folder 3
Folder 35
Folder 13
Folder 23




Folder Listing:

  1. Letter from Lee Ballentine, dated April, 2007, donating the collection to The Ohio State University Libraries. Includes a 1992 letter to Ballentine from Steve Rasnic Tem.
  2. Jerzy Trelinski – Poland – 2 letters, Jan. and March 1976, with envelope. Cf. also folder 25.
  3. Robin Crozier – England – mail art, drawings, texts, conceptual pieces, ca. 1976-1981. 12 items, plus a 7-pg. “Letter to Carl Loeffler” with envelope.
  4. Klaus Groh – Germany – letters, collage, texts, mail art, and other materials, ca. 1983-84. 17 items, including one item in an envelope. Cf. also folder 29.
  5. Birger Jesch – Germany – mail art, ca. 1980. 6 items.
  6. Diederick van Kleef – photo, 1982. Also 2 copies of a printed postcard by Roland van den Berghe, 1984. 3 items.
  7. David Zack – Canada & USA – letters, mail art, and other material, ca. 1974-77. 14 items.
  8. Leonhard Frank Duch – Brazil – mail art, and an artist’s book, 1977. 8 items.
  9. Waclaw Ropiecki – Poland – 2 artist’s books, and an exhibition announcement, 1978-1981. 3 items.
  10. Maurizio Nannucci – Italy – correspondence and brochures/announcements, 1972-79. 6 items.
  11. Sarah Jackson – Canada – photocopied newspaper clippings, correspondence, and a brochure, 1984. 11 items.
  12. Marten Hendricks – The Netherlands – cards and a performance booklet, ca. 1974-1981. 4 items.
  13. Paulo Bruscky – Brazil – mail art and visual poems, some material created with Umhandeijara Lisboa and Santiago, ca. 1975-77. 14 items.
  14. Richard Olsen – USA – mail art and a letter, 1972-73. 4 pieces.
  15. Rolf Staeck – East Germany – artist’s postcards, 1980. 8 items.
  16. Al Souza – USA – correspondence and mail art, 1976-1980. 6 items.
  17. Fletcher Copp – New York – mail art, 1975. 4 items.
  18. Ad Gerritsen – The Netherlands – a photograph, nd. 1 item.
  19. Vittore Baroni – Italy – mail art announcements, 1975 and 1979. 2 items.
  20. Nechvatal – USA – mail art and flyers, 1980. 5 items.
  21. Peter Whitson Warren – USA – mail art, 1974-75. 7 items. Folder includes an 8th piece, “The Big Wheel”, unattributed, with an address in Bozeman, MT – possibly by Warren?
  22. Timothy Cohrs – USA – mail art, 1977-79. 15 items.
  23. Michael Gibbs – England – mail art, 1976. 3 items.
  24. Anna Banana and Bill Gaglione – USA and Canada – mail art and a letter, 1975-75. 8 items.
  25. Jerzy Trelinski – Poland – portfolio and a poster re an exhibition in Lódź, 1973-74. 3 items. Cf. also folder 2.
  26. Various – mail art and other material from Rees Linnartz, Klaus Groh, Horst Tress, Jürgen Elsässer, Elizabeth K., and Hoop Bog, 1975-77. 10 items.
  27. Dick Trace (Richard Hambleton) – Canada – mail art, 1979-1980. 9 items.
  28. Engels & Simon – “Engles & ES Mind-Shares”, 1977, from ES Gallery, Amsterdam. 4 different issues, each of which consists of a large folded poster in an envelope.
  29. Klaus Groh – Germany – mail art, 1974. 2 pieces. Cf. also folder 4.
  30. Tohei Horiike – Japan – large folded mail art project request, ca. 1980. 1 piece.
  31. The Impossibilists/Musicmaster – USA – flyers, brochures, mail art, ca. early 1970’s. Material by Musicmaster (Tom Cassidy) and others. 24 pieces.
  32. Various – mail art, mail art documentation and other material from G. H. Hill, Lon Spiegelman, Open Drawers, Donald Kochi, Jürgen Elsässer, and others. 9 pieces.
  33. Chuck Stake – Canada – mail art, ca. 1975-79. 6 pieces.
  34. Various – mail art, pamphlets, and other material from Académie Neodada (Peter Whitson Warren), Joni Mabe, Ulrich Bernhardt, Guillermo Diesler (pamphlet “Le Monde Comme Il Va”), Ad Gerritsen, Media Free Times (v. I, no. II, 1974), Karen Shaw, West Coast Cloud Co., Russell Butler, Waltyer Zanini, Don Mabie (Chuck Stake), Lara Vincy, Michael Mollett, Bickhard Boffinelli, Paulo Bruscky, and others, 1974-79. 1 piece from ca. 1993. 22 pieces.
  35. Various – mail art, postcards, and visual poetry, from Peter Whitson Warren, Jerry Dreva, Johan can Gelwe, Lon Spiegelman, Paulo Bruscky, Subwaxin Haddock, Ken Saville (Transken), SIRQ, Klaus Staeck, and others, ca. 1972-1984. 22 pieces.
  36. Diederick van Kleef – The Netherlands – postcards, announcements, letters, and mail art, ca. 1980-84. 13 pieces.


Page last revised: 01/09/09

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