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Series III. The Fugs, 1964-2008, undated, inclusive

Extent

12 Linear Feet in 10 manuscript boxes, 1 tall manuscript box, 2 hinged-ring binder boxes, 3 flat boxes, 6 oversize folders, 1 flat-file folder

Extent

111 audiocassettes

Extent

10 Sound_Disc--Vinyl

Extent

4 CDs

Scope and Contents

This series contains setlists; announcements; clippings; sound recordings; photographs; and posters related to the band, The Fugs, who performed in various New York clubs during the 1960s and 1970s, including The Bridge, The Bowery Ballroom, and The Knitting Factory. Tour planning files, along with announcements and posters from the 1960s through the 2000s illustrate The Fugs' world-wide popularity. Audiocassettes, vinyl discs, and CDs contain recordings of the band's appearances and concerts, as well as interviews, local New York events, and their albums. Of note are recordings from the 1990 Fugs Orgy on WHRB in Cambridge, MA, and their 1994 Real Woodstock Festival concert. An audiocassette of a Bob Dylan radio interview from the 1960s in which he mentions The Fugs can also be found in this series. Scripts and recordings of songs related to a proposed Fugs-inspired movie project Fingers in the Sun, written by Kupferberg and fellow band member Ed Sanders can also be found in this series. See also Series VIII for Fug fan mail and Series VII for additional clippings and articles.

Arrangement

This series has been arranged in alphabetical order by file title.

Processing Information

Original folders and their titles were kept when possible, while folders in poor condition were replaced with legal, acid-free folders. Kupferberg arranged a portion of the files into alphabetical order and the processing archivist followed this arrangement, placing any loose files within this arrangement. Photographs in this series were foldered in smaller groups to alleviate their excessive curling were and were arranged in chronological order. Audiovisual material was placed in appropriate housing, replacing damaged cases when necessary.

Advice from the Fugs, 2002, inclusive

Box: 186, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Albany, 2000-2003, inclusive

Box: 186, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Allen (Ginsberg) Memorial -- St. John the Divine, 1998, inclusive

Box: 186, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Articles, Reviews, and Bios, 1966-2008, inclusive

Box: 186, Folder: 4-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 40, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Beat Seminar / NoBar Cafe, circa 1993, inclusive

Box: 186, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Beeber Book, 2008, inclusive

Box: 186, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bill Nevins Benefit at Bowery P.C., 2004, inclusive

Box: 186, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Biographies, circa 1964-2010, inclusive

Box: 186, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bob Fass Show, 1999, undated, inclusive

Box: 186, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bottom Line, 1983-1987, undated, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bowery Ballroom, 2000-2002, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Brecht Forum, undated, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cartoons and Giveaway, circa 1997, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Cino's Not for Burning" (Event) Program, circa 1965, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Concert Ticket with The Fugs Logo, undated, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1985, undated, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Discography, 2004, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dylan (Bob) 1967 Re: The Fugs, 1967, undated, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ed Sanders -- Interview for Review of Contemporary, 1998, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ed Sanders -- Memorandum to Fugs, circa 1964-2010, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ed Sanders -- Newspaper Articles and Reviews, 1981-1982, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Elections, 1998, undated, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

ESP Disk -- Fug Discography Draft, 1973, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Event Flyers / Programs / Announcements, 1960s-2000s, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 17-18, 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Event Poster -- Astor Place Playhouse, circa 1964-2010, inclusive

Box: Shared Fales 117, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Event Posters, Song Lyrics, 1990-2006, undated, inclusive

Box: 147, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 40, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Exhibit -- Fuck for Peace, A History of the Fugs, 2007, inclusive

Box: 187, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fingers of the Sun, Movie, 1972, 1983-1985, undated, inclusive

Box: 188, Folder: 1-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 189, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 206 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fugs and Tuli Kupferberg Reviews, Articles, and Anti-War Activity, 1997-2009, undated, inclusive

Box: 189, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Fugs by (Piero) Scaruffi, 2007, inclusive

Box: 189, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Fugs Final CD (Part 1), 2001-2008, inclusive

Box: 189, Folder: 7-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Fugs Final CD (Part 2), 2005, inclusive

Box: 189, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fugs Flip Book, undated, inclusive

Box: 189, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fugs Orgy at Harvard, 1990, inclusive

Box: 190, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fugs Reissue Reviews and Liner Notes, 1989-1999, undated, inclusive

Box: 190, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fugs Reunion Press / Reviews, 1985-1988, inclusive

Box: 190, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fugs Songbook, 1965, inclusive

Box: 190, Folder: 5-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Harry Smith Archives Benefit, 1999, inclusive

Box: 190, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Joe's Pub, 2002-2003, inclusive

Box: 190, Folder: 9-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Knitting Factory, 2000, 2004, inclusive

Box: 190, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Leslie Gelb, 1995, inclusive

Box: 190, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lower East Side Festival, 2004, inclusive

Box: 190, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lyrics and Information, 1993-2008, inclusive

Box: 190, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mama Kin -- Setlist, Notes, undated, inclusive

Box: 190, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New Album -- Songs, Lyrics, 1997, undated, inclusive

Box: 192, Folder: 4-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New Fugs Album / Warner Brothers, 1991-1993, inclusive

Box: 192, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New Fugs CD, 2003, inclusive

Box: 192, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NY Underground Benefit (for Dale Wilbourn), Ticket, circa 1960s, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Peter Stampfel, 2002, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Kupferberg and Ed Sanders, circa 1964-1980s, inclusive

Box: 146, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Concerts and Performances, circa 1964-2010, inclusive

Box: 194, Folder: 1-31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 195, Folder: 1-27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Portraits, Events, circa 1964-2010, inclusive

Box: 196, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographic Negatives -- Fug Performances, Revolting Theater, Woodstock, Expo, May Day, etc., 1966-1982, undated, inclusive

Box: 198 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 197 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- The Fugs, Players Theater, etc., 1967, inclusive

Box: 196, Folder: 3-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Fugs in Tompkins Square Park, 1968-1969, inclusive

Box: 196, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Performances, 1979, 1984, 1989, inclusive

Box: 146, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 196, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Kupferberg and Sanders, 1990s-2000s, inclusive

Box: 196, Folder: 13-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Portraits, Performances, Personal, 1992, 1997, 1999, undated, inclusive

Box: 146, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 196, Folder: 15-16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Museum of Radio and Television Interview / Rehearsal at Village Underground, 2003, inclusive

Box: 196, Folder: 17-18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Performance at Knitting Factory, 2004, inclusive

Box: 196, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press Releases, Photograph, 1966, undated, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reviews -- Fugs Final CD, 2003, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reviews -- Fugs and Burn After Reading, 2002-2009, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Robert Christgau on The Fugs -- The Village Voice, 2002, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sam's Tormented Angels Press Material, 1995, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Santa Monica, 2007, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Setlists, 1988,1992, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 9, 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Show Notes, undated, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 10-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sign: "Midnight Thursday, Fugs, Night of Napalm", circa 1960s-2010, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Conditions Governing Access

This object is unavailable to researchers due to its delicate condition. Please contact Fales Library & Special Collections at fales.library@nyu.edu with any questions.

Songs, circa 1965-2010, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Songs -- Belle of Ave. A, 1964, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Songs By Other Fugs, undated, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Songs -- From Binder, undated, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Songs -- Miscellaneous, undated, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 16-17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Songs -- Not Well Known, Mostly Handwritten, undated, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sound Recordings on Cassette, 1965-1968, 1989-2003, undated, inclusive

Box: 206 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 207 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sound Recordings on Disc, 1965-1967, 1989, undated, inclusive

Box: 205 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sound Recordings on Disc (CD), 1995-2010, inclusive

Box: 205 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tour -- Copenhagen -- Poster, Clippings, 1986, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 147, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tour -- European -- One World Poetry -- Stichting, 1984, inclusive

Box: 191, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tour -- Italy, 1997, inclusive

Box: 192, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tour -- Italy and Sweden, 1994, inclusive

Box: 192, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tour -- London -- Letter, 1966, inclusive

Box: 192, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unknown Album -- Label Notes, undated, inclusive

Box: 192, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Vila De Mouros 1971, Articles, Fug History, and Reviews, 1966, 1996-2005, undated, inclusive

Box: 192, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Village Underground, Photographs and Reviews, 2003, inclusive

Box: 192, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Village Voice -- Busker, 1984, inclusive

Box: 192, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Win a Fug Dream Date, 1970, inclusive

Box: 192, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Woodstock, 1994, 1999, inclusive

Box: 192, Folder: 15-16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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