2017-10-04 Guide to the Tom Furgas Poems and Correspondence with John Bennett, 2013 May-August SPEC.RARE.0162 Finding aid prepared by Ashleigh Minor; Lindsay Resnick Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2015 November; 2017 October; 2022 August This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2022-09-28T13:23-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Tom Furgas Poems and Correspondence with John Bennett SPEC.RARE.0162 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.2 Cubic feet 2013 May-August As of 2017, Tom Furgas is an avant-garde composer, musician, experimental poet, and visual artist from Youngstown, Ohio. John Bennett is an American experimental writer. Bennett was curator of the Avant Writing Collection at Ohio State University from 1998-2010, where he also corresponded and collaborated with other experimental writers. The Tom Furgas Poems and Correspondence with John Bennett, dated 2013 May-August, contains 100 poems written by Furgas and printed email correspondence between Furgas and Bennett that discuss the poems. (1) 2.5” letter document box English Furgas, Tom Arrangement of Materials

This collection is arranged in chronological order, with the folder of poems coming before the folder of correspondence.

 Acquisitions Information

Donated by Tom Furgas, 2013 August

 Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Tom Furgas Poems and Correspondence with John Bennett, SPEC.RARE.0162, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

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Processed by: Lindsay Resnick, 2022 August. Finding aid written by: Ashleigh Minor, 2015 November; 2017 October; Lindsay Resnick, 2022 August

 Biographical Note

As of 2017, Tom Furgas is an avant-garde composer, musician, experimental poet, and visual artist from Youngstown, Ohio. John Bennett is an American experimental writer. Bennett was curator of the Avant Writing Collection at Ohio State University from 1998-2010, where he also corresponded and collaborated with other experimental writers.

 Scope and Contents

The Tom Furgas Poems and Correspondence with John Bennett, dated 2013 May-August, contains 100 poems written by Furgas and printed email correspondence between Furgas and Bennett that discuss the poems. Furgas titled his poems in sequential order, giving each one a number, making these poems numbers 3101 to 3200.

 Related Materials John M. Bennett Correspondence John M. Bennett Correspondence Collection Bennett, John M. Furgas, Tom Correspondence Experimental poetry, American--Ohio--Youngstown--21st century Poems Poets, American--Ohio--Youngstown--21st century Poems: "3101"-"3200" 1 1 2013 May-July Correspondence 1 2 2013 July-August