Franklin Furnace Ephemera Collection, Compiled by Matthew Hogan
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Abstract
Since its inception in 1976, Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. has been devoted to documenting and preserving ephemeral art forms. The Franklin Furnace Ephemera Collection contains invitations, flyers, postcards, and advertisements collected by Franklin Furnace. The collection is international in scope, comprising materials in numerous languages related to art events in numerous countries. Materials date from 1970 to 2014.
Historical Note
Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc.> is an organization whose mission is to present, preserve, interpret, proselytize and advocate on behalf of avant-garde art, especially forms that may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect, their ephemeral nature, or politically unpopular content. The Archive was founded by Martha Wilson in New York City in 1976; since then, Franklin Furnace has been one of the strongest driving forces behind the documentation and preservation of ephemeral and avant-garde art forms.
Arrangement
Materials in the Franklin Furnace Ephemera Collection are arranged alphabetically by venue. Fales archivists have operated under a processing scheme which retains a broad definition of the term "venue," used to refer to the entity that is primarily responsible for a given event or work. In this way not only are museums, galleries, nightclubs and performance spaces classified as venues, but collectives, institutions and individual artists as well. For each box, the alphabet range and a short list of any notable venues are given in the finding aid; the full list of venues is available, please contact Fales Library staff (fales.library@nyu.edu) to see the list.
Note on alphabetization: In instances where a proper name is the first part of a corporate name, the venue has been arranged based on the first letter of the first name (e.g. "Leo Castelli Gallery" has been placed under "L" for Leo). Wherever an individual has been identified as a venue, the first letter of the last name takes priority (e.g. "Tehching Hsieh" has been placed under "H" for Hsieh).
Materials added to the collection in 2018 and 2020 do not follow the original arrangement scheme. Materials that were pre-sorted by venue name are listed as "Unarranged" after the alphabetical list of venues. Materials that were not pre-sorted have been listed at the end as "Unalphabetized". These materials have not been arranged by an archivist, and are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Scope and Contents
The Franklin Furnace Ephemera Collection contains fliers, invitations, promotional objects and other printed ephemera related to events hosted at more than 9000 international venues. The contents of the collection are the result of a massive collection process undertaken by Matthew Hogan, a Franklin Furnace archivist. The venues documented in the collection span the globe, with particular strengths in New York and California. Materials are in several languages, including English, Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian and French. Specific strengths include performance spaces like Highways Performance Space and St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery, as well as nightclubs such as the Limelight, Tunnel and Palladium. Materials date from 1970 to 2014.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); The Franklin Furnace Ephemera Collection, Compiled by Matthew Hogan; MSS 206; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by the Franklin Furnace Archive, 2007. The accession number associated with this gift is 2007.206. Additional donations were made in 2009-2020. The accession numbers associated with these gifts are 2009.2067, 2011.206, 2013.206, 2014.206, and 2020.009.
About this Guide
Processing Information
In 2018, 4 record cartons of materials from accretions 2009.206, 2013.206, and 2014.206 were processed and incorporated into the collection. Materials were housed in archival folders and boxes. In 2020, an accretion of 5 boxes was rehoused in archival boxes and folders, and incorporated into the collection as Boxes 103-107.
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00 - 80 M
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Notable venues include 49th Parallel, 4th Street Photo Gallery and 55 Mercer Gallery.
80 W - Ahs
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Notable venues include 80 Washington Square East Galleries, the 92nd Street Y, and ABC No Rio.
Ai - American Ar
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Notable venues include A.I.R. Gallery.
American Art - Andre
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Notable venues include Amos Eno Gallery.
Andrea- Ariz
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Notable venues include the Andy Warhol Museum and Anthology Film Archives.
Arizo - Art L
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Notable venues include Art in General.
Art M - Artists S
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Notable venues include Artists Against AIDS.
Artists T- Asp
Ass - Baq
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Notable venues include Bang on a Can.
Bar - Bell
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Notable venues include Barbara Gladstone Gallery and Barnsdall Art Park.
Belm - Blue
Blum - Bronwy
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Notable venues include Bowery Poetry Club.
Bronx - Brooklyn L
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Notable venues inclue Bronx Museum of the Arts and Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Brooklyn M - California M
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Notable venues include Brooklyn Museum.
California Mu - Caste
Castel - Centraal
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Notable venues include Center for Book Arts.
Central - CID
Cies - Colleg
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Notable venues include Collective for Living Cinema and Collective: Unconscious.
College - Cooper T
Cooper U - Cz
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Notable venues include Creative Time and Cubiculo.
D - Dance Theater Workshop
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Notable venues include Dance Theater Workshop.
Dance Theater Workshop - Ded
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Notable venus include Dance Theater Workshop and Danceteria.
Dee - Dik
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Notable venues include Deitch Projects, Dia Art Foundation/Center for the Arts, and Dieu Donne Papermill.
Dil - Dq
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Notable venues include Dixon Place.
Dr - Eif
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Notable venues include the Drawing Center.
Eig - Ev
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Notable venues include Estate Project for Artists with AIDS.
Eva - Fers
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Notable venues include Exit Art and Fashion Moda.
Fes - Fond
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Notable venues include Fez and Film Forum.
Foo - Fris
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Notable venues include Franklin Furnace Archive Inc.
Frit - Galerie Meh
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Notable venues include Gagosian Gallery.
Galerie Mei - Gallery K
Gallery L - God
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Notable venues include Gay Men's Health Crisis and Getty Research Institute.
Note: All venues associated with "the Getty" (Getty Center, J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Museum) have been collocated under "Getty Research Institute."
Goe - Gret
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Notable venues include Gracie Mansion Gallery.
Grey - Harp
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Notable venues include Grey Art Gallery and Group Material.
Harr - High
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Notable venues include Henry Street Settlement.
Highw - Howd
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Notable venues include Highways Performance Space.
Howe - Institute of Contemporary Art
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Notable venues include Institute for Art and Urban Resources.
Institute of Contemporary Arts - Irvine
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Notable venues include Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, and International Center of Photography.
Irving - Jig
Jil - June
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Notable venues include Joyce Theater and Judson Memorial Church.
Jung - Kluwer
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Notable venues include the Kitchen.
Kn - La Mama
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Notable venues include Knitting Factory and La Mama E.T.C.
La N - Letz
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Notable venues include Lannan Foundation and Leo Castelli Gallery.
Lev - Lod
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Notable venues include Limelight and Lincoln Center.
Loe - Los Angeles H
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Notable venues include Long Beach Museum of Art, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Los Angeles I - Madison Art Center
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Notable venues include Lower East Side Printshop, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and Madison Art Center.
Madison Art Center - Mary C
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Notable venues include Madison Art Center, Manhattan Neighborhood Network and Marian Goodman Gallery.
Mary D - Merk
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Notable venues include Matthew Marks Gallery, Mattress Factory and Merce Cunningham Studio.
Merl - Minner
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Notable venues include Metropolitan Museum of Art, Midtown Y Photography Gallery and Millennium Film Workshop.
Minnes - Multi
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Notable venues include MIX Film Festival.
Multia - Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
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Notable venues include Museo del Barrio, Museum of the City of New York and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego - Nas
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Notable venues include Museum of Modern Art.
Nass - New Di
New Dir - New York G
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Notable venues include New Museum.
New York Ga - Nex
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Notable venues include New York Public Library.
Next - Oi
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Notable venues include Nuyorican Poets' Cafe.
Oil - Pacific N
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Notable venues include Pace Gallery.
Pacific No - Ped
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Notable venues include Palladium, Paper Tiger Television and Pat Hearn Gallery.
Pedr - Pland
Plane - Printed Matter, Inc.
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Notable venues include P.P.O.W. Gallery and Printed Matter, Inc.
Printed Matter, Inc. - Public Aq
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Notable venues include Printed Matter, Inc., P.S. 1 Museum/Institute for Contemporary Art, and P.S. 122.
Public Ar - Randol
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Notable venues include Public Art Fund, Public Theater and Queens Museum of Art.
Random - Ricj
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Notable venues include REPOHistory.
Rick - Rouk
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Notable venues include Robert Miller Gallery and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts.
Roul - Saint Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery, Danspace Project
Saint Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery, Danspace Project - San Francisco Az
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Notable venues include Saint Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery - Danspace Project, Ontological-Hysteric Theater, and Poetry Project.
San Francisco B - Saras
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Notable venues include San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Sarat - Send
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Notable venues include School of Visual Arts and Sculpture Center.
Sene - Sm
Sma - Sonn
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Notable venues include Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Sono - Stac
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Notable venues include SoundArt Foundation.
Stad - Studit
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Notable venues include Storefront for Art and Architecture.
Studiu - Tav
Tave - Toby
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Notable venues include Thread Waxing Space.
Toc - Tun
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Notable venues include Tony Shafrazi Gallery.
Tunc - University In
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Notable venues include Tunnel, Ubu Gallery and Ubu Repertory Theater.
University Io - Vie
Viej - Walj
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Notable venues include Visual AIDS.
Walk - Westbr
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Notable venues include Walker Art Center and Ward-Nasse Gallery.
Westbro - Williamq
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Notable venues include White Columns and Whitney Museum of American Art.
