Subject: Artists' books - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 5 linear foot (6 boxes) and 1 oversize removal
Abstract:: John Furnival (1933-2020) was a British visual artist whose work is associated with the Concrete Poetry, Mail Art, and Fluxus movements, as well as with the American Beats. In 1964, Furnival, along with Dom Sylvester Houédard, founded Openings Press, a small Gloucestershire press dedicated to publishing concrete poetry and similar work. The John Furnival papers encompass nearly fifty years of the artist's personal and professional activity and document his involvement with the International Concrete Poetry and Mail Art movements through correspondence, publications, broadsides, and posters.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 26 web site
Abstract:: This collection broadly documents online sources related to book arts and printing which complement and enrich existing special collections, including websites and social media sites of and for individuals and organizations involved in all aspects of the book arts and printing. This collection focuses on collecting web resources related to designers, presses, and printers.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1.33 linear foot (2 boxes), 1 oversize box, and 1 oversize folder
Abstract:: Gérard Charrière (1935- ) is a Swiss book artist and painter. The Gérard Charrière papers consist of correspondence, artists' books, catalogs, brochures, periodicals, postcards, artworks, sketches, and printed ephemera collected and created by Charrière. The bulk of the collection comprises correspondence and materials from Charrière's artist friends and colleagues.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 26.5 linear foot (33 boxes) and 13 oversize box
Abstract:: Martha L. Carothers is a book artist and professor of Art and Design at the University of Delaware specializing in graphic design and book arts. The Martha L. Carothers student artists' books collection comprises over 500 artists' books created by students of Martha Carothers' ART 309 course at the University of Delaware from 1983 to 2016. The collection documents thirty-four years of student projects in the application of book-arts concepts and techniques.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 8.33 linear foot (9 boxes), 5 oversize box, 4 oversize galley proof, and 1 oversize folder
Abstract:: Zephyrus Image, founded by Holbrook Teter and Michael Myers, was a small Northern California press operating from approximately 1969-1983, notable for its socially- and politically-subversive books and ephemera and its fine works on paper. The Zephyrus Image records document the activities of the California press and its proprietors and the planning and development of roughly 300 printed works of poetry and political and satirical books and ephemera. Zephyrus Image projects were created for and in collaboration with a host of literary and artistic figures, including Edward Dorn, Tom Raworth, William T. Wiley, Lucia Berlin, Stan Brakhage, and Robert Creeley.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 7 linear foot (7 boxes) and 7 oversize box
Abstract:: Martha L. Carothers is a book artist and Professor Emerita of Art and Design at the University of Delaware who specializes in graphic design and book arts (typography, book design, bookbinding, and letterpress printing). This collection comprises paper sample catalogs and art and design publications collected by Carothers in support of her teaching and artistic activities.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 675 boxes and 16 items
Abstract:: Consists of the personal library of French philosopher Jacques Derrida and members of his household.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]

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