Summary Information
Caren Heft Papers 1980-2004
UWM Manuscript Collection 278
6.8 cubic ft. (18 boxes)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
The collection consists primarily of page proofs, production
materials, and project files created and compiled by Caren Heft during her work as a book
artist and letterpress printer. The collection also contains résumé
materials in addition to both personal and professional correspondence. English
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Biography/History
Caren Heft is a letterpress printer, papermaker, and book artist. She received her Bachelor
of Fine Arts, Master of Arts, and Master of Fine Arts degrees from the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. From 1998 through 2000 Caren Heft was the associate curator at the
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts in Racine, Wisconsin. While there, she was responsible
for the Victory for Peace project, a gang intervention program which assisted inner city
children in making letterpress books.
Caren Heft is the sole-proprietor of the Arcadian Press, under which she has published over
two dozen books. Her work has been featured in many exhibits and is part of both national
and international collections. She has participated in a number of jury panels and is an
experienced lecturer and visiting teaching artist.
Caren Heft is currently a senior lecturer for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and
is the gallery director for the Edna Carlsten Gallery in the Noel Fine Arts Center.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of correspondence, production materials, and project files created
and compiled by Caren Heft during her work as a book artist and letterpress printer.
Production materials include scripts, page proofs, copy books, transparencies, polymer
plates, and experimental books. Project files contain photographs and 35 mm slides of
completed projects, research materials, project summaries, project proposals, brochures and
articles related to exhibitions, and a small amount of correspondence between Heft and her
clients. The collection also includes résumé materials as well as both
personal and professional correspondence.
Arrangement of the Materials
The collection is arranged as three series:
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Correspondence and Résumé Materials, 1986-2000, undated
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Project Files, 1980-1998, undated
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Page Proofs and Other Production Materials, 1983-2004, undated
Preferred Citation
Citation Guide for
Primary Sources
Related Material in the UWM Libraries
Special Collections acquires the artists' books of Caren Heft. Selections from the book
collection are included in the UWM Libraries' digital collection, UWM Book Arts Collection.
Administrative/Restriction Information
There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all
members of the public in accordance with state law.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel,
privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin
Statutes 19.21-19.39).
Caren Heft donated the collection to the UWM Libraries in August 2006. In November 2008,
the collection was transferred from Special Collections to the Archives for processing
(accession 2008-034).
Jody Hoks completed processing the collection in January 2009 (Michael Doylen
supervised).
Contents List
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Series: 1. Correspondence and Résumé Materials, 1986-2000,
undated
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Box
1
Folder
1-4
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Correspondence, General, 1992 January-2000 June,
undated
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Résumé Materials,
1986-1991
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Series: 2. Project Files, 1980-1998, undated
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Box
2
Folder
8
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15 Cats, 1986
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Adam, 1989
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Ah Death: A Melotragedy,
1991
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Anaximander Book,
1988
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Angel Book,
1993
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Box
1
Folder
10
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AV4, 1980
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Basilica,
1985
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Bergstrom-Mahler Museum Exhibition, 1983
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Birth Announcement for Alexander Doolin Govenar,
1990
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Box
1
Folder
14
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Black Books,
1989
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Box
1
Folder
15
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The Black Map,
1984
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Box
1
Folder
16
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Blood's Dirt,
undated
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Box
1
Folder
17
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Bugs on Grids,
1982
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Box
1
Folder
18
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Casa di Dante,
1990-1991
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Box
1
Folder
19
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Cave Canem, before
1987-1989
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Cave Canem 2,
1991
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Changes, 1983
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Crash and Burn,
1986-1989
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Crash and Burn, Research Materials,
1985-1987, undated
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Distress Signals, before
1989
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Edessa,
undated
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Exhibitions, 1983-1998
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Forgotten Games,
1984
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Gibson, Grace, undated
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Govenar, Alan, 1985-1992
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Box
2
Folder
12
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The Graphite Books, before
1983
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Box
2
Folder
13
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The Great Flute,
1984
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Hitchhiking to Niagra Falls, after
1991
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Box
2
Folder
15
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Hollander, Nicole, 1994-1996
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Box
2
Folder
16
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ICON, 1984
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Box
2
Folder
17
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If I Should Die: Children Murdered in Wisconsin in
1993, 1992-1994
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Box
2
Folder
19
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The Jives of Dr. Hepcat,
1992-1994
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Box
2
Folder
20
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The Life and Poems of Osceola Mays,
after 1989
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The Life and Poems of Osceola Mays
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Box
2
Folder
21
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Poems, before 1989
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Box
2
Folder
21
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Script, 1989
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Box
3
Folder
1
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The Light in Between: Poems and Photogravures,
Proofs, before 1991
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Lizard Papers,
1988
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Maps and Landmarks,
1983
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Box
3
Folder
4
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Memorials by Three Book Artists, 1994
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Murdered in Milwaukee, after
1989
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Murdered in Milwaukee, Research Materials,
1989, 1993
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Box
3
Folder
7
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NAIAD, 1988
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Box
3
Folder
8
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October 15, 1979 May 27, 1983,
1983
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Old Soldiers from Forgotten Wars,
1986
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Project Proposals, 1984-1986, undated
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Box
3
Folder
11
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River Book, Project Summary,
1995
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Box
3
Folder
12
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River of Passing, after
1984
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Box
3
Folder
13
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Root River,
1986
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Box
3
Folder
14
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Root River Mill, Statement,
undated
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Box
3
Folder
15
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Root River, Research, before
1986
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Series: 3. Page Proofs and Other Production Materials, 1983-2004,
undated
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Box
6
Folder
1
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15 Cats, before
1985
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Box
6
Folder
2
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15 Cats, Copy Book, before
1985
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Box
17
Folder
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After Gimel,
undated
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Box
4
Folder
1-2
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Ah Death: A Melotragedy, before
1991
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Ah Death: A Melotragedy, Page Proofs,
before 1991
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Box
4
Folder
4
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AV4, undated
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Box
15
Folder
2
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Bird Parts Samples, White and Clear, 1992
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Box
13
Folder
1
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The Blues and Jives of Dr. Hepcat,
before 1993
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Casa di Dante, before
1991
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Confessions of a Bibliopoesic, Invitations,
1988
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Cave Canem, before
1987
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Cave Canem 2, before
1991
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Box
13
Folder
2
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Chicago Northwestern Line, Title Page,
undated
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Box
5
Folder
3-4
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The Core of James Farmer, before
2003
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Crash and Burn, before
1986
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Box
5
Folder
6
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Crash and Burn, Copy Book, before
1986
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Box
13
Folder
3
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Creation Myths for the Written Word,
undated
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Box
15
Folder
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The Dark Heart, before
1993
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Box
13
Folder
4
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Distress Signals,
undated
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Box
6
Folder
3-4
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Experimental Books, undated
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Box
13
Folder
5
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Exquisite Horse, before
1997
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Box
13
Folder
6
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Exquisite Horse, Polymer Plate,
before 1997
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Box
18
Folder
4
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"Friendship",
undated
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Box
7
Folder
1-2
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The Graphite Books, before
1983
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Heart Burial,
1988
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Hitchhiking to Niagra Falls, Brochure,
1991
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Box
18
Folder
2
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Hymns to Janus, before
1999
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Box
15
Folder
4
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Ice Yachting, before
1993
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Box
16
Folder
1-2
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If I Should Die: Children Murdered in Milwaukee in
1993, before 1994
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Jessica's Wedding Invitations, 1998
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Box
8
Folder
4
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Joy of Heart [pamphlet], Copy Book,
1983
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The Life and Poems of Osceola Mays,
before 1989
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Box
8
Folder
5
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Chapter One, Two, and Three
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Box
8
Folder
6
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Chapter Four
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Box
8
Folder
7
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Chapter Five and Six
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Box
13
Folder
7
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Lizard Papers,
1988
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Box
8
Folder
8
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May 27, 1983, circa
1983
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Box
8
Folder
9
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"Merry, Merry, Merry" [Christmas card],
1988
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Box
9
Folder
1-2
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Maps and Landmarks, before
1983
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Maps and Landmarks, Copy Book,
before 1983
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Martyr, Mercury and Rooster, before
2004
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Box
9
Folder
4-5
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Box
18
Folder
3
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Box
14
Folder
1
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Midnight Song, before
1998
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Box
15
Folder
5
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Mit(t) Joy, before
1993
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Box
10
Folder
1
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My Father Was Always Sleeping: Sssh! Henry's
Sleeping!, before 1996
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Box
10
Folder
3
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My Life, before
1995
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Box
15
Folder
6
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Oh Dam, before
1993
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Box
10
Folder
2
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Old Men,
undated
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Box
15
Folder
1
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Pagan Babies, before
1995
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Box
10
Folder
4
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Paradise in the Smallest Thing,
before 1988
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Paradise in the Smallest Thing,
before 1988
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Box
10
Folder
5
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Black Heart Page Placement
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Box
10
Folder
6
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Colophon
|
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Box
10
Folder
7
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Copy Book
|
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Box
10
Folder
8
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First Signature
|
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Box
10
Folder
9
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Flaming Black Heart Tattoo
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Box
10
Folder
10
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Hearts
|
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Box
11
Folder
1
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Lace
|
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Page Proofs
|
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Box
11
Folder
3
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"After Cold Rain"
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Box
11
Folder
4
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"April Ice", "Outside Palestine"
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Box
11
Folder
5
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"Black Heart Day"
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Box
11
Folder
6
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"Cake Walk", "Waiting to See Saul Bellow"
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Box
11
Folder
7
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"Casa View", "Painting by Rudolfo Morales"
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Box
11
Folder
8
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"Francesco Clemente", "Marvel Arkansas", "Russian Goosedown"
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Box
11
Folder
9
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"Harlem Shower", "Suwanee River", "A-Train"
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Box
11
Folder
10
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"Last Day Dream Songs", "Leaving Odessa", "Robert
Lowell's Ride"
|
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Box
11
Folder
11
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"No Moon Galveston", "The Window There"
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Box
11
Folder
12
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"Stoney St. Clair"
|
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Box
11
Folder
2
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Page Proofs and Transparencies
|
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Box
11
Folder
13
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Photopolymer Plates
|
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Box
11
Folder
14
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Script, before 1988
|
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Box
10
Folder
11
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Signature IV
|
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Box
14
Folder
2
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Plague Papers to Prevent Contagion by Black
Death, before 1999
|
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Box
15
Folder
7
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Pole Barn, before
1995
|
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Box
11
Folder
15
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Random House . . ., before
1986
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Relic, before
1984
|
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Box
12
Folder
2-3
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River of Passing, before
1984
|
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Box
14
Folder
3
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Root River Series, Extra Pages and Covers,
before 1999
|
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Box
14
Folder
4
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Sally Rand, before
1992
|
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Box
12
Folder
4
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The Snake King,
1993
|
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Sweet Grass,
undated
|
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