2017-10-11 Preliminary Inventory of the Mary K. Cain Collection of Chapbooks and Small Press Literary Publications, 1965-2015 SPEC.RARE.0174 Finding aid prepared by Ashleigh Minor Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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2017 October This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2020-08-10T15:38-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Mary K. Cain Collection of Chapbooks and Small Press Literary Publications SPEC.RARE.0174 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 1.24 Cubic feet 1965-2015 Chapbooks are small booklets of folded paper and are often self-published or published by small presses. Small presses are defined as publishers with annual sales below $50 million in the United States (as of 2017), which typically publish under 10 titles per year, often in limited quantities. These publishers are also referred to as "indie publishers" and "independent presses". Many small presses specialize in a particular genre or format, such as poetry, avant garde literature, and experimental writing. This is the collection of Mary K. Cain, the sister of Seamas Cain, an Irish poet, performance artist, and novelist from Duluth, Minnesota. The collection contains books, zines, literary magazines, avant-garde publications, and two long-playing records by LaDonna Smith and Davey Williams. The collection spans from 1965-2015. (1) carton, (2) letter file folders English, Spanish, French, Slovak Cain, Mary K. Arrangement of Materials

This collection is unprocessed. Materials are arranged in the order received.

Acquisitions Information

Accession No. RARE.2016.0025: Donated by Mary K. Cain, 2015 February; Accession No. RARE.2016.0025: Seamas Cain, 2016 July

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Mary K. Cain Collection of Chapbooks and Small Press Literary Publications, SPEC.RARE.0174, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains phonograph records.

Access to Materials

Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room only. Audio/visual materials and computer media may need a use copy produced before access is allowed.

Use of Materials

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright, and are made available for research and educational purposes. In general, the OSU Libraries do not own the copyright for materials from our collections and cannot grant copyright permissions for these materials. The user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exceptions to the law. Works in the public domain are not protected by copyright and do not require permission to use.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed; Finding aid written by: Ashleigh Minor, 2017 October

Historical Note

Chapbooks are small booklets of folded paper and are often self-published or published by small presses. Small presses are defined as publishers with annual sales below $50 million in the United States (as of 2017), which typically publish under 10 titles per year, often in limited quantities. These publishers are also referred to as "indie publishers" and "independent presses". Many small presses specialize in a particular genre or format, such as poetry, avant garde literature, and experimental writing.

This is the collection of Mary K. Cain, the sister of Seamas Cain, an Irish poet, performance artist and novelist from Duluth, Minnesota.

Scope and Contents

This is the collection of Mary K. Cain, the sister of Seamas Cain, an Irish poet, performance artist, and novelist from Duluth, Minnesota. The collection contains books, zines, literary magazines, avant-garde publications, and two long-playing records by LaDonna Smith and Davey Williams. The collection spans from 1965-2015.

Related Materials SPEC.RARE.0170 Avant Writing Publications Chapbooks Fanzines Literature, experimental--20th century Literature, experimental--21st century Little magazines Long-playing records Small press books Accession No. RARE.2016.0025 Hand (Alex) “Iconolatre 20” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 undated Avocado (Fiona) “Thalassic Sanctuary” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2015 March Penn (Rick) Dave Kubach, and Ray McGarty “The Great Circumpolar Bear Cult” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1976 William (JL) “The Book of Patrons” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2009 Evans (Esme) “Seeing the Centaur Selected poems 1978-1997” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1997 Alarcon (Francisco X.) “De Amor Oscuro um an nGra Dorcha” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1992 Spanish. Alarcon (Francisco X.) “Curpo en Llamas Colainn ar Bharr Lasrach” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1992 Spanish. Baumbach (Jonathan) and Peter Speilberg “Statements 2: New Fiction” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1977 Bernat (Jan) “melograffiti” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1981 Slovak and French. Leiris (Michel) “Aurora” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1990 Ranson (Donald F.) “Nothin But the ‘Boo” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1981 Suilleabhain (Seamus Barra O) “Slogadh Dorcha na gCianta” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2015 Stetser (Carol) “Ride” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 undated Cutts (Simon) “Quelques Pianos” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1976 Cutts (Simon) “Pianstool Footnotes” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1982 “X The First 10 Years of Atlas Press & XI” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1994 Mesplede (Dominique) “Octobre Octobre” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 undated Carson (Ciaran) “On the Night Watch” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2009 Heros-Limite (Geneve) “Monotonie traduit de l’anglais par Vincent Barras” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2010 French. Dixon (Jeremy) “Lulu Reflects” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1991 Hanmer (Karen A.) “Tesla and Me” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2011 Gilonis (Harry) “Peuran Pears” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 undated Orlovitz (Gil) “The Award Avant-Garde Reader” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1965 Brennan (James) “Seaman” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1978 Hogan (Desmond) “The Ikon Maker” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1976 Perlman (Fredy) “The Reproduction of Daily Life” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1969 January Perlman (Fredy) “The Incoherence of the Intellectual” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1970 Rosemont (Franklin) “The Apple of the Automatic Zebra’s Eye” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1971 Rosemont (Franklin) “The Morning of a Machine Gun” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1968 May Sonnenfeld (Mark) “A pamphlet 4 kirby” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2006 Sonnenfeld (Mark) “countersynopatioinyeah” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2006 Sonnenfeld (Mark) “forget the rewrite” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2006 Ciufo (August) and Mark Sonnenfeld “Short Story” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 undated Schlesinger (Kyle) “Dark Glasses” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2010 Makris (Christodoulos) “Spitting Out the Mother Tongue” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2011 Thilleman (Forra) “Sketches in Norse & Forra” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2013 Surrealist Transformaction 5 Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1973 Surrealist Transformaction No. 6 Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1973 Surrealist Transformaction No. 7 Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1976 Surrealist Transformaction No. 8 Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1977 Surrealist Transformaction No. 9 Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1979 January Surrealist Transformaction No. 10 Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1979 October The Surrealist Movement Catalog 4 (3 supplements, Items 2001, 2177, 2442 Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 undated Barnett (Anthony) “A Forest Utilization Family” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1982 Neptune’s Kingdom Poetry No. 3 Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1974 McLeod (Michael Max) “Stone Computers and a Hustler” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2012 Dinski (Will) “Ablatio Penis” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2012 Hogan (Megan) “Startled Maggie” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2012 Lemke (Dolly) “O Town Heights” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2012 Inman (P.) “Ad Finitum” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 2008 Guerrini (Ivan) “Tomaso” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 undated Spanish. Buhle (Paul) Jayne Cortex, Philip Lamantia, Nancy Joyce Peters, Franklin Rosemont, Penelope Rosemont “Free Sprits Annals of the Insurgent Imagination” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 undated Katz (Steve) “Moving Parts” Accession No. RARE.2016.0025.001 1977 Smith (LaDonna) and Davey Williams “Ham Days” 2016 RARE Accessions Box 2 1981 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Long-playing record, approximate run time: unknown

Smith (LaDonna) and Davey Williams “Direct Waves” 2016 RARE Accessions Box 2 1980 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Long-playing record, approximate run time: unknown

Accession No. RARE.2015.0005 0.4 Cubic feet 1973-2012 34 chapbooks and small press literary publications, from various authors and presses Accession No. RARE.2015.0005.001 1973-2012