2018-12-13 Preliminary Inventory of the Carol Stetser Papers, 1970-2020 SPEC.RARE.0252 Finding aid prepared by Ashleigh Minor; Lindsay Resnick Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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2018 December; 2023 May This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2023-10-03T12:02-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Carol Stetser Papers SPEC.RARE.0252 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 35.45 Cubic feet 1970-2020 As of 2018, Carol Stetser is an artist residing in Arizona who creates visual poetry, primarily working with xerographic collage. She was an active participant in the mail art network from 1978 through 1992. The Carol Stetser Papers contains mail art, visual poetry, artistamps, artist trading cards, greeting cards, handmade books, original and xerographic collages, and other art prints, both created and collected by Carol Stetser from 1970 through 2020. Also included are Stetser's travel journals and correspondence with colleagues and collaborators in the mail art and visual poetry networks. (17) cartons; (12) card boxes; (6) oversize flat boxes; (5) 5" letter document boxes; (4) oversize folders; (2) letter file folders; (2) flat boxes; (1) oversize document box English Stetser, Carol Arrangement of Materials

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

Acquisitions Information

Accession No. RARE.2018.0099: Carol Stetser, 2018 November; Accession No. RARE.2021.0011: Carol Stetser, 2021 April

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Carol Stetser Papers, SPEC.RARE.0252, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains a compact disc.

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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.

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Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed. Finding aid written by: Ashleigh Minor, 2018 December; Lindsay Resnick, 2023 May.

Biographical Note

Carol Stetser was born in Syracuse, New York in 1948. She studied theater at Smith College and communications at Emerson College. Stetser moved to Arizona in 1974, where she still resides as of 2018. She founded the Padma Press in 1976 to publish books of her photographs. She was an active participant in the mail art network from 1978 through 1992. In 1981, Stetser began making xerographic collages, which continued to be her primary medium. She joined the International Society of Copier Artists (ISCA) in 1982. In 1984, Stetser began to focus her work on visual poetry, which remains her focus as of 2020.

Scope and Contents

The Carol Stetser Papers contains mail art, visual poetry, artistamps, artist trading cards, greeting cards, handmade books, original and xerographic collages, and other art prints, both created and collected by Carol Stetser from 1970 through 2020. Also included are Stetser's travel journals and correspondence with colleagues and collaborators in the mail art and visual poetry networks.

Stetser, Carol Artistamps Artists' books (books) Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--20th century Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--21st century Book artists--Arizona--20th century Book artists--Arizona--21st century Collage--Arizona--20th century Collage--Arizona--21st century Collages (visual works) Collecting cards Copy art (reprographic art) Copy art--Arizona--20th century Copy art--Arizona--21st century Mail art Mail art--20th century Mail art--21st century Visual poetry Visual poetry--20th century Visual poetry--21st century Women artists--Arizona--20th century Women artists--Arizona--21st century Accession No. RARE.2018.0099 33.12 Cubic feet 1970-2018 Mail art binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.001 1979-1980 Mail art binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.001 1981 Mail art binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.001 1981 Mail art binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.002 1982 Mail art binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.002 1982 Mail art binder, M-X Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.002 1984 Mail art binder, I-W Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.003 1986 Mail art binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.003 1981-1992 Mail art binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.003 1992 Visual poetry binder 3 Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.004 2003-2007 Visual poetry binder 4 Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.004 2007-2010 Visual poetry binder 6 Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.004 2013-2015 "On the 10th" journal Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.005 1992-1996 "On the 10th" journal Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.005 1997-1999 Collages binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.005 1977-2002 Travel books binder: Journal entries, newspaper clippings, collages Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.005 1988-2001 "X Cards" holiday card collages binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.005 1983-2016 Visual poetry binder 7 Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.006 2016-2018 JAMS artist trading cards binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.006 2000-2014 Murakami (Kazunori) mail art binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.006 1995-2006 Artist trading cards binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.006 1995-2013 Sister Trading Cards artist trading cards binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.007 2002-2006 Sister Trading Cards artist trading cards binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.007 2006-2013 Artist trading cards binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.007 2004-2013 Sherman (Otto) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2005-2015 Sherman (Otto) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2012-2015 Kaufmann (Peter W.) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2010-2017 Fallico (Arturo) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 1995-2016 Comes (Jean-Pierre) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2012-2018 "Stangroom" mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2012-2018 Caldera (Leslie) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2001-2004 Giecek (Ed) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2016-2018 Spaulding (D.C.) "What is this artist doing?" mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2007-2014 Hamilton (Lain) "Private World" mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 1999-2018 Held, Jr. (John) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 1987-2017 VanOoyen (Henk J.) "Holland Mail Art" mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2016-2018 Cascadia Artpost mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2013-2018 Cascadia Artpost mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2014-2018 Femailists mail art: Anna Banana Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 1996-2015 Femailists mail art: Anna Banana Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2010-2018 Femailists mail art: Martha Aitchison Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2014-2018 Femailists mail art: Martha Aitchison Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2007-2017 Femailists mail art: Diane Horn Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2014-2016 Femailists mail art: Fran Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 1993-1995 Femailists mail art: Patricia Tavenner Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 1993-1994 Femailists mail art: Meral Agar Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2014-2017 Femailists mail art: Paula Hocks Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 1993 Femailists mail art: Marilyn Damman Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 2001-2003 Femailists mail art: Marilyn Damman Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 1998-2005 Femailists mail art: Marilyn Damman Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.008 1998-2003 Topel (Andrew) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2012-2018 Topel (Andrew) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2007 Topel (Andrew) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2003-2006 Topel (Andrew) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2012-2013 Topel (Andrew) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2010-2011 Topel (Andrew) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2008 Topel (Andrew) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2008-2009 Topel (Andrew) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2009 Topel (Andrew) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 undated Baker (Carlyle) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2016-2018 Baker (Carlyle) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2014-2016 Baker (Carlyle) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2011-2014 Baker (Carlyle) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2000-2018 Baker (Carlyle) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 undated Evans (Walt) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2012-2018 Evans (Walt) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2007-2013 Evans (Walt) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2008-2012 Evans (Walt) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2007-2015 Evans (Walt) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 1998-2015 Evans (Walt) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 undated Podin (Clemente) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2000-2008 Luigetti (Serse) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.009 2013-2016 Femailists mail art: Kimberly Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 2011 Femailists mail art: Kimberly Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 2010-2013 Femailists mail art: Rita McNamara Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 2017 Femailists mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 1987-2016 Femailists mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 1982-2017 Cohen (Ryosuke) "Orion Soup" mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 2016-2018 Baroni (Vittore) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 2014-2018 Baroni (Vittore) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 2012-2016 Baroni (Vittore) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 2012-2017 Baroni (Vittore) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 2006-2017 Baroni (Vittore) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 circa 2016 Porter (Bern) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 1992-1996 Janke (Eberhand) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 undated Janke (Eberhand) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 2016-2018 Harley (H.S.H.) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 2007-2016 Harley (H.S.H.) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 2006-2014 Nelson (Theo) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 2010-2015 Nelson (Theo) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 2008-2012 Lyssiotis (Peter) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 1991-1994 Dellafiora (David) "Field Study" mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 1999-2016 Mail art from various creators Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 1993-2016 Bertola (Carla) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 2006-2015 Bertola (Carla) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.010 2007-2017 Carrasco (Emilio) art prints Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.011 undated Carrasco (Emilio) art prints Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.011 2010-2017 Carrasco (Emilio) pressed leaves Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.011 2013 Altschul (Darlene) Carved Erasers Collective Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.011 undated Altschul (Darlene) artistamps Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.011 2005-2018 Altschul (Darlene) artistamps Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.011 1996-2016 Altschul (Darlene) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.011 2013-2014 Altschul (Darlene) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.011 2015-2016 Altschul (Darlene) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.011 2017-2018 Altschul (Darlene) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.011 2009-2010 Altschul (Darlene) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.011 2011-2012 Altschul (Darlene) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.011 2007-2008 Altschul (Darlene) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.011 1996-2006 Grumman (Bob) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.011 2000-2017 Denander (Harry) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.011 2005-2016 Vassilakis (Nico) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 undated Rober (Andre) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 2015 Kelly (Andrew) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 undated Sonnenfeld (Mark) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 2007 Leftwich (Jim) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 undated Stetser (Carol) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 2009 Hagglund (S. Gustav) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 undated Rosenberg (Marilyn) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 undated Rosenberg (Marilyn) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 1977, 1994 Damman (Marilyn) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 1994-2007 Kempton (Karl) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 1990-2003 Visual poetry by various creators Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 1983-2015 "Offerta Speciale" visual poetry collections Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 2010, 2016, 2018 Seaman (David) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 2003 Ernst (Kathy) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 2000-2001 Helmes (Scott) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 2007-2018 Helmes (Scott) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 2002-2011 Cole (David) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 1987-2000 Cole (David) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 1985-2000 Young (Karl) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 undated Young (Karl) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 1977-2001 Spence (Pete) mail art and visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 1990-2005 Nikonova (Rea) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 undated Luis (Carlos) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 2003 Wood (Reid) "State of Being" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 2007-2011 Leftwich (Jim) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 undated Jimenez (Miguel) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 undated Priddle (Ross) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 2008 Penard (Remy) mail art and visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 2007-2018 Penard (Remy) mail art and visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 2006-2013 Penard (Remy) mail art and visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 2006-2018 Kostelanetz (Richard) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 1998-2004 Aguiar (Fernando) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.012 1980-2017 Rounds (Elaine M.) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.013 2015-2018 Rounds (Elaine M.) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.013 undated Rounds (Elaine M.) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.013 2010-2014 Rounds (Elaine M.) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.013 2004-2009 Rounds (Elaine M.) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.013 2000-2009 Murakami (Kazunori) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.013 1993-2017 Murakami (Kazunori) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.013 undated Murakami (Kazunori) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.013 1996-2018 Murakami (Kazunori) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.013 1996-2017 Murakami (Kazunori) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.013 2010-2014 Visual poetry by various creators Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.013 2003-2006 Altemus (Reed) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.013 2004-2015 Altemus (Reed) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.013 1997-2007 Altemus (Reed) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.013 1997-2012 Bennett (John and C. Mehrl) visual poetry collaboration books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2007-2012 Bennett (John and C. Mehrl) visual poetry collaboration books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 1991-2010 Bennett (John and C. Mehrl) visual poetry collaboration books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2005-2008 Bennett (John and C. Mehrl) visual poetry collaboration books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 1999-2010 Bennett (John and C. Mehrl) visual poetry collaboration books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2004-2007 Bennett (John and C. Mehrl) visual poetry collaboration books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2007-2014 Bennett (John and C. Mehrl) visual poetry collaboration books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 1998-2016 Bennett (John and C. Mehrl) visual poetry collaboration books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2004-2016 Bennett (John and C. Mehrl) visual poetry collaboration books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2010-2015 Bennett (John and C. Mehrl) visual poetry collaboration books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2011-2014 Bennett (John and C. Mehrl) visual poetry collaboration books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2013-2014 Bennett (John and C. Mehrl) visual poetry collaboration books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2003-2017 Bennett (John and C. Mehrl) visual poetry collaboration books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2014-2018 Bennett (John and C. Mehrl) visual poetry collaboration books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 1998-2018 "Strata" original collages Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2012 Helmes (Scott) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2007-2009 Visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2007-2008 Topel (Andrew) "Blueprints" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2011 Review of Carol Stetser's "Persistence of Memory" in Darkroom Photography magazine Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 1987 January-February Reviews of books by Carol Stetser in The Professional Photographer magazine Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 1980 May "Geographics Poetica" visual poetry by Carol Stetser in You Are Here: The Journal of Creative Geography Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2001 "A Nice Life...for a Tourist" by Carol Stetser in Woman Travel guide book Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 1990 Stetser (Carol) handmade books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2007-2012 Stetser (Carol) handmade books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.014 2003-2012 Stetser (Carol) "Hierograms" handmade book Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 1988 Stetser (Carol) greeting cards Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 2010 Stetser (Carol) greeting cards Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 2011 Stetser (Carol) greeting cards Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 2012 Stetser (Carol) greeting cards Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 2013 Exhibit announcements, fliers, and programs Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 1972-2013 The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry correspondence Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 1984-2015 Writing to Be Seen: An Anthology of Later 20th Century Visio-Textual Art book launch reading announcements, photographs, and reviews Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 2002-2003 Kaldron correspondence Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 1997-1998 Stetser (Carol) "Road" series artist trading cards Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 2004 Stetser (Carol) handmade books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 1999-2000 Stetser (Carol) handmade books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 1986, 1990 Stetser (Carol) handmade books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 1984-1985, 1999-2005 Stetser (Carol) handmade books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 2010-2011 Stetser (Carol) handmade books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 1981-2005 Stetser (Carol) handmade books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 1983-1995 Stetser (Carol) handmade books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 1997-2014 Stetser (Carol) handmade books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 2000-2018 Stetser (Carol) handmade books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 2005-2012 Stetser (Carol) letter to the editor regarding Light Impressions archival binders Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 1983 June 10 Stetser (Carol) handmade books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.015 1994-2018 Stetser (Carol) handmade books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.016 1994-2018 Stetser (Carol) "Name That Book" handmade book Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.016 2001 Stetser (Carol) "Questions" handmade book Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.016 2004 Stetser (Carol) greeting cards Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.016 2000-2007 Stetser (Carol) greeting cards Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.016 2006 Stetser (Carol) greeting cards Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.016 2008 Stetser (Carol) greeting cards Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.016 2009 Stetser (Carol) holiday greetings artist trading cards 2004 calendar Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.016 2003 Huth (Geof) visual poetry and mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 2005-2010 Perneczky (Geza) "The Generated Mandala: Soft Cemetery" Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 1996 Frangione (Nicola) "Armadio Officina no. 5: Poesie Visive...ecc." Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 undated Stetser (Carol) "Nautical Chart" Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 2004 Stetser (Carol) "Paint Poem" Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 2011 Stetser (Carol) and David Cole "The Pillow Book" Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 1991 Stetser (Carol) "Math Kit for Poets" Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 2001 Mail art from various creators Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 1993-2016 Stetser (Carol) "Letter Fashion" and "Patchwork" original collages Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 undated "3D Shuffle Book" originals Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 1998 Stetser (Carol) collages Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 1983, 2010-2013 Altemus (Reed) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 undated Evans (Walt) mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 2009-2015 Stetser (Carol) "America's Mission," "The Art Show," and "Teasers" handmade books Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 1999-2000 Topel (Andrew) "Lines of Thought" visual poetry in glass bottle Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 1 1 undated Stetser (Carol) Femailists 52 DKA-JOMO visual poetry pin Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.017 1 2 2009 June Spiegelman (Lon) photographic print mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.018 1981 Stetser (Carol) "Currents" original pages Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.018 1992 Blaine (Julien) "Poesie Semeiotique" Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.018 2003 "VIsual Poems" (6 Visual Poems) prints by Richard Kostelanetz, Franz Kamin, Scott Helmes, K.S Ernst, John Bennett, and Philip Gallo Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.018 2003 Spiegelman (Lon) "The Fence Is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Grass" photographic drawings Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.018 1970 Fricker (H.R.) "Design for a wallpaper in an authentic Western Ghost town Post office" mail art Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.018 undated Baroni (Vittore) "A Piece of My Past" recording Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.018 2018 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements Box Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.018 Compact disc; sound; approximate run time: unknown Stetser (Carol) "Illuminations #6" visual poem Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.018 2011 Mail art binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.019 1983 Mail art binder A-M Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.020 1984 Mail art binder A-H Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.021 1985 Mail art binder J-X Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.022 1985 Mail art binder A-H Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.023 1986 Mail art binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.024 1987 Mail art binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.025 1988 Mail art binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.026 1989-1990 Mail art binder Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.027 1991 Visual poetry binder 1 Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.028 1984-1999 Visual poetry binder 2 Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.029 1999-2003 Visual poetry binder 5 Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.030 2010-2012 Stetser (Carol) "Patchwork" original collages Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.031 2002 Stetser (Carol) original collages Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.031 2005-2007 Stetser (Carol) "Seismic" original collages Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.031 undated Stetser (Carol) "Homage to Hannah Hoch" original collages Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.031 2013 Stetser (Carol) original collages Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.031 2012 "Mail art is dead" digital collage poster Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.032 2014 November Topel (Andrew) "architexture" visual poetry poster series Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.032 undated Topel (Andrew) "Comix" collage Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.032 undated "The Republic of Whimsy: Ministry of Meteorological Phenomenon - The Annual Day of the Evil Smirking Mitten Cloud" poster print Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.032 2015 February Digital collage prints Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.032 undated Visual poetry show posters Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.032 1991, 2006 Helmes (Scott) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.032 2001-2002 Jackson (Sarah) murals Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.032 1990 "Brain Cell" no. 121-no.140 Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.033 1985-1989 "Brain Cell" no. 241-no. 260 Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.033 1992 March-November "Brain Cell" no. 426-no. 450 Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.033 1998-1999 "Brain Cell" no. 651-no. 685 Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.033 2007 June "Brain Cell" no. 966-no. 1000 Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.033 2017 November "How to Make Love" handmade book Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.034 1997 "Flori-culture" handmade book Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.035 1984 "A Dictionary of the English Language" handmade book Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.035 undated "Pasttime" collage Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.036 2008 "Warp & Woof" handmade book collaboration with Rea Nikonovz Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.036 1998 "From A to Z" handmade book Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.037 2000 "Solar Clock" handmade book Accession No. RARE.2018.0099.037 1997 Accession No. RARE.2021.0011 2.33 Cubic feet 1989, 1999-2020 (5) 5" letter document boxes; (4) oversize folders; (2) letter file folders; (1) flat box Scope and Contents

Accession No. RARE.2021.0011, dated 1989, 1999-2020, contains visual poetry, mail art, artistamps, trading cards, books, collages, and other work created or collected by Carol Stetser. While Stetser's work comprises a large part of this accession, works by other mail artists and visual poets, such as Vittore Baroni, Andrew Topel, Rémy Pénard, and Scott Helmes, among others, are also represented.

Baroni (Vittore) mail art Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2020 Padín (Clemente) mail art Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 undated Pénard (Rémy) mail art Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2019-2020 Welch (Chuck) artistamps Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2020 Spaulding (D. C.) artistamps Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2020 Mail art Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 undated Topel (Andrew) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2020 Topel (Andrew) "Covert" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2020 Stetser (Carol) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2019 Stetser (Carol) "Walls" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2018 Stetser (Carol) "Data" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2018 Stetser (Carol) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2018 Stetser (Carol) and Topel (Andrew) "Echoes" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2018 Stetser (Carol) "Ancestors" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2019 Stetser (Carol) "Mickey Mouse" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2019 Stetser (Carol) "History in the Cloud" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2019 Stetser (Carol) "Petroglyphs" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2020 Stetser (Carol) "The Present Past" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2020 Stetser (Carol) and Andrew Topel "Summer" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2020 Stetser (Carol) "SAY" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 undated Stetser (Carol) "The Nellie Prints" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2020 Stetser (Carol) "Corona Street" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2020 Stetser (Carol) "Covid" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2020 Stetser (Carol) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2020 Baker (Carlyle) "Tropes" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2019 Evans (Walt) mail art Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 undated Altschul (Darlene) mail art Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2018-2019 Albany Aqua Alta project artistamps Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2019 July Bertola (Carla) and Anna Boschi catalogs Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 2019-2020 Italian Carrasco (Emilio) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.001 undated Nelson (Theo) "Books of Stuff," visual poetry, correspondence Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.002 2018-2020 Topel (Andrew) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.002 2019 Latterman (Jack) Cascadia Artpost mail art Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.002 2020 Femailists mail art, artistamps Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.002 2019-2020 Mail art Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.002 2019-2020 Stetser (Carol) visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.002 2020 Mail art Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.002 2018-2020 Stetser (Carol) sm books Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2018-2020 Phillips (Tom) original pages from a Humument Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 undated Mail art Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2018-2020 Kaye (Sharon) "this is visual poetry" Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 undated Philips (Samuel) "this is visual poetry" Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 undated Selected Poems Volume One Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2005 Selected Poems Volume Two Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2005 Helmes (Scott) Poems Book 2 Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2008 "Polaroids" Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2012 Reichert (Bernd) "Fluxus" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2011 Stetser (Carol) and Scott Helmes "Encyclopedia Britannica Revised" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 undated Nelson (Theo) visual poetry, correspondence Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2020 Topel (Andrew) "Music of the Spheres" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2011 Topel (Andrew) "framework" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2017 Helmes (Scott) "The Cut-Up Asemics" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2019 Aguiar (Fernando) "Revisitación" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2013 Diotallevi (Marcello) "Senza Titolo" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 1989 "Art Without Death Without Art" Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2018 "Dare a Colour Square Dance" Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2018 Asemic 15 Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 undated Stetser (Carol) "this is visual poetry" Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 undated Helmes (Scott) "this is visual poetry" Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 undated Grumman (Bob) "this is visual poetry" Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 undated Kempton (Karl) "this is visual poetry" Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 undated Bertola (Carla) "this is visual poetry" Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 undated Denander (Henry) "Found" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2020 "Wipe" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 undated Bennett (John M.) "Sacaron Navajas" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.003 2013 Reichert (Bernd) "Differential References" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.004 2007 Tocall No. 8 Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.004 2019 Stetser (Carol) "Puzzles" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.004 2019 Huth (Geof) "Aution Caution" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.004 2011 Gutai pamphlet Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.004 2013 Noiport (Bela) and Reitt (Odrew) "The House That Vispo Built" visual poetry storybook Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.004 2012 "El Bosque de la Utopía" catalog Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.004 2017 Tocall No. 4 Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.004 2019 "Can Boreal" Issue 13 artist trading cards Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.004 2013 Bertola (Carla) "six x six" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.004 2010 Topel (Andrew) "Abstracts" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.004 2019 Topel (Andrew) "Colors of Poetry" visual poetry Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.004 2017 Field Study Productions "World Trading Cards" Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.004 2003 December Hoffberg (Judith) "Umbrella: The Anthology" Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.005 1999 Franticham's Assembling Box Nr 42 Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.005 2019 February Franticham's Assembling Box Nr 45 Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.005 2020 May Franticham's Assembling Box Nr 46 Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.005 2020 August Franticham's Assembling Box Nr 47 Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.005 2020 October Vassilakis (Nico) "In the Breast Pocket of a Fine Overcast Day" Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.005 2018 January 21 Chew (C. T.) and E. F. Higgins III "Gone Fishin'" 2021 RARE Accessions 2 2016 Basinski (Michael) "Beseechers" 2021 RARE Accessions 2 2000 Field Study Productions "Trade Off!" trading cards Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.006 2007 May Barone (Vittori) "T.A.Z.: Tiny Art Zine" Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.006 2019 December Journal of Field Study International: Field Report Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.006 2019 Pénard (Rémy) "StamPoems" Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.006 2015 Journal of Field Study International: Field Report Accession No. RARE.2021.0011.006 2018 "Stop the Violence" silkscreen 2021 RARE Accessions 1 undated Stetser (Carol) mail art poster 2021 RARE Accessions 1 2020 Cohen (Joel S.) "Rememberances of Elections Past" poster reproduction 2021 RARE Accessions 1 2020 Cohen (Ryosuki) "Brain Cell" posters 2021 RARE Accessions 1 2020