ATCA Artists' Works and Correspondence Files Collection

Collection

Identifier: MsC0764

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Scope and Contents

This collection collocates a number of similar file sequences, including The Crane/Friedman Correspondence Art Collection and portions of the Ken Friedman archive, as well as items from the Buster Cleveland and Bill Gaglione collections which brings together mailart, correspondence, photographs, slides, compact discs, show announcements/posters, writings, and other ephemera by or related to various artists. Entries appear in alphabetical order according to artists' last names and gallery names. Mailart is listed by the last name of the sender. The vast majority of artistic booklets are considered xerox art. This is an Alternative Traditions in Contemporary Art collection. Series II contains gallery announcements and Series III contains 3-D artworks. Descriptions for each folder's contents have not been completed. Please contact us (lib-spec@uiowa.edu) if you are interested in learning about the contents of a specific artist's folder.

Dates

Creation: 1968-2010

Creator

ATCA Artists' Works and Correspondence (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials may be unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility and potential liability based on copyright infringement for any use rests exclusively and solely with the user. Users must properly acknowledge University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives as the source of the material. For further information, visit https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/services/rights/.

Extent

18.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This ATCA collection brings together mail art, correspondence, photographs, slides, compact discs, show announcements/posters, writings, and other ephemera related to or by various artists.

Method of Acquisition

Artists' Works and Correspondence Files include donations made by Buster Cleveland, Steve Durland, Ken Friedman, and Fred Truck from approximately 1980-1990.