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Series I: Jack Smith Research

Scope and Content

Series I contains correspondence between Jack Smith and his contemporaries as well as follow-up from Leffingwell, copies of notebooks and scripts written by Smith, flyers and posters advertising Smith performances and screenings, interviews with Smith from periodicals or transcribed by Leffingwell, articles about Smith written by critics, journalists and fellow artists, and some contextual information, including Smith's censorship and accusations of obscenity.

Joan Adler, 1995-1997, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kenneth Anger, 1964-1997, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Penny Arcade, 1990-1997, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lisa Bateman, 1993-1998; undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

J. Hoberman, 1984-1997, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gregory Markopoulos, 1964-1996, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jonas Mekas (& Anthology Film Archive), 1965-1997, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irving Rosenthal, 1967-1988, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Censorship [1 of 2], 1964-1995, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Censorship [2 of 2], 1964-1995, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Clash of the Brassiere Goddesses, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Correspondence, 1963-1996, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Films (No President & Buzzards Over Baghdad), 1967-1997, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: in Brazil, 1967-1995, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: in Italy, 1977-1982, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Interviews [1 of 3], 1964-1997, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Interviews [2 of 3], 1964-1997, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Box: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Interviews [3 of 3], 1964-1997, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Notebook ("Brassieres For Men"), undated

Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Notebook ("Rip Torn Press Release"), undated

Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Photocopies, 1965-1998, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Poster Copies, 1963-1987, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: The Secret of Rented Island, 1976-1997, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Titles, scripts, etc., 1963-1987, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Writings [1 of 5], 1964-1994, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Writings [2 of 5], 1964-1974, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Writings [3 of 5], 1965-1986, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Writings [4 of 5], 1964-1992, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack Smith: Writings [5 of 5], 1981-1997, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Susan Sontag (Michael Moon), 1964-1995, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jerry Tartaglia, 1995-1997, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ronald Tavel [1 of 2], 1966-1999, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ronald Tavel [2 of 2], 1996-1998, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ron Vawter ("Roy Cohn/Jack Smith"), 1992-1995, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Andy Warhol, 1993, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Robert Wilson, 1965-1997, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marian Zazeela/LaMonte Young, 1962-1997, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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