Series I: Drunken Boat and Max Blechman's Activities
Scope and Content Note
Series I, Drunken Boat, contains Max Blechman's correspondence, mostly incoming and most related to Drunken Boat, principally to issues one and two, Blechman's writings published and unpublished, material in English and Frensh relating to his 1994 arrest in Paris for allegedly throwing stones during a demonstration, photocopies of writings by others by and about other anarchists, and anarchist printed ephemera and graphics. Additional Drunken Boat materials include submissions, letterhead, logos, artwork, and partial mock-ups of issues. There are also several files on the anarcho punk music group CRASS (Great Britain). Correspondence (most pertaining to Drunken Boat) or authors include: Paul Avrich, Hakim Bey, Murray Bookchin, Cornelius Castoriadis (Includes transcript of an interview), Diane Di Prima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti (from City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco), Morgan Gibson, Daniel Guerin, Jean-Luc Godard (interview),Rockwell Kent, Ken Knabb, Michael Lowy, Jackson MacLow, Amy Meselson, Dachine Rainier, Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder and George Woodcock.
"Act Like Nothing's Wrong, Winston Smith-Last Gasp of San Francisco", 1990, 1994, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Anarchism, Articles, Photocopies, 1979-1984, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Anarchist Archives Project, 1994, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Anarchist Related Brief Printed Ephemera, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Anarchist Related Fliers, 1994, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Anarchist Related Serials, 1919, 1950-1995, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Avrich, Paul: Letters to Max Blechman, 1991-1992, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Avrich, Paul: Papers at the Library of Congress: Max Blechman Employment, 1994, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Avrich, Paul: Writings, 1993, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Beck, Julia: Diary Entries (typed), 1952, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Benno, Benjamin: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1988, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bey, Hakim: "Storm Demon" (Who Was B. Traven?), undated
Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Black, Bob: Letter to Max Blechman, 1992, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Black, Bob: Letters, 1993, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Black Freighter" [comic strip], Words: Bertolt Brecht, Illustration: Cliff Harper, 1979, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blanchard, Daniel: Letter to Max Blechman (with photo of Drunken Boat), 1992, 1993, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Correspondence, Submissions, A-K, 1992-1993, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Correspondence, Submissions, L-Z, 1992-1993, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max, Drunken Boat Notebook, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Drunken Boat, 2nd Issue as Class Project (New School, New York City), 1992, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Letters from Miscellaneous Individuals, 1990-1992, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman,Max: Letters to Anonymous Individuals, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Letters to, A-B, 1991-1994, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Letters to, C-D, 1991-1994, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Letters to, E-G, 1991-1994, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Letters to, H-I, 1991-1994, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Letters to, J-L, 1991-1994, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Letters to, M, 1991-1994, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Letters to, N-R, 1991-1994, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Letters to, S-Z, 1991-1994, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Notes About Interview with Alan Ginsburg, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Paris Arrest, English Language Materials, Correspondence and Writings, 1994-1995, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Paris Arrest, English Language Materials: Notebook and Clippings, 1994, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Paris Arrest, French Language Materials: Correspondence and Articles, 1994-1996, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Paris Arrest, French Language Materials: Periodicals, 1994, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Writings (Handwritten), undated
Box: 1, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max: Writings, Titled: "Anarchos: Arendt's Aesthetics of Action", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max, Writings, Titled: "For the Total Man: Schiller and Marx's Philosophy of Self-Realization", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max, Writings, Titled: "The Freedom to Be Before God Versus the Absolute Freedom of Being: Kierkegaard's Critique of Fichte", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max, Writings, Titled: "From Anarchism to Fascism: Max Weber's Influence on the Political and Methodological Developement of Robert Michels", May 28 1992, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max, Writings, Titled: "Idealism versus Dogmatism", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max, Writings, Titled: "In Defense of Abstract Expressionism", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max, Writings, Titled: "Non-Servism: Portrait of the Anarchist as a Young Man", 1991, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max, Writings, Titled: "On the Very Idea of a Subversive Art History", 1992, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max, Writings, Titled: "Rebellion, Spontaneity, and the Poetry of the Moment", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max, Writings, Titled: "The Spirit of Freedom: A Critique of Aquinas' Model for Salvation", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max, Writings, "Titled: The Swollen Trunk of Time: A Gnostic Drama Featuring Artaud", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max, Writings, Titled: "Toward an Aesthetic of Self-Determination: The Art of Camus and Bataille", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max, Writings, Titled: "Toward an Anarchist Aesthetic", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blechman, Max, Writings, Untitled, 1993, undated, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bookchin, Murray: Interview, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bookchin, Murray: H-bomb Writings and Bibliography, 1950s, 1993, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cahill, Thomas: Letter to Max Blechman, 1993, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cain, Seamas: (B)lackthorn [Anarchist] Theater [Duluth, MN], 1979, 1993, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Carburetor Records: Vinyl Records 6.5 Game Implications / Home Problems; Letters to Drunken Boat, 1994, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Castoriadis, Cornelius: Letter to Max Blechman, 1996, 1999, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cohen, Ira: Letter to Max Blechman, 1993, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CRASS (anarcho punk music group, Great Britain), folder 1 of 2, 1980s, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CRASS (anarcho punk music group, Great Britain), folder 2 of 2, 1980s, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CRASS: International Anthem, 1977, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CRASS: Photographs, 1977, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Deepsix Superstition, 1992, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Des Roches, Kay Unruh: "The Sea: Anarchy as Order", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Di Prima, Diane: Correspondence with Max Blechman, 1993-1994, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Drunken Boat Issue 3, Revolutionary Romanticism, A Drunken Boat Anthology, Correspondence [City Lights], 1999, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Drunken Boat Issue 3, Revolutionary Romanticism, "A Drunken Boat Anthology," Writings [City Lights], 1999, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Drunken Boat, Letterhead, Logo, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Drunken Boat: Mock Ups, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Drunken Boat Printed Ephemera, Undated, inclusive
Box: Shared Tamiment MSOS008, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Drunken Boat Oversize Graphics, Undated, inclusive
Flat-File-Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Eliard, Thierry: Letters to Max Blechman and Writings, 1992-1994, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Everett, Marty: Letter to Max Blechman, Jul. 10 1992, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence: Letters to Max Blechman (in City Lights bookstore envelopes), also Picture of Ferlinghetti as a Priest, 1993-1994, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ferrua, Pietro: "Anarchists Seen by Painters", 1988, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ferrua, Pietro: "Surrealisme et Anarchisme", 1982, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flynt, Henry A.: "Against Participation: A Total Critique of Culture" (19pp), other materials, Oct 15 1993, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
French Language Stickers, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Funktionaries (Band), 1992, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Funke, Jacobson B.: Postcard to Max Blechman, 1993, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gibson, Morgan: Letters to Max Blechman, 1992-1994, 2005, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Glavin, Paul (Black and Green): Letters to Max Blechman, 1992, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Graphs, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Grimm, Reinhold: "Poetic Anarchism? The Case of Hans Magnus Enzenberger", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Grumble Butt, 1991, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Guerin, Daniel: Anarchism and Marxism (Writings), 1981, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Howe, Stewart: Letters to Max Blechman, 1993-1994, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Intermediatism": Peter Lamborn Wilson aka Hakim Bey, 1991, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Industrial Worker: Excerpts on Anarchists, 1983-1984, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview with Jean-Luc Godard, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kanaan, Ramsey: Letters to Max Blechman, 1993, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kent, Rockwell, 1933?, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kiel, Mark W.: "Joseph Boshover: Anarchist Poet ", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Knabb, Ken: Letter to Max Blechman, Mar. 24, 1991, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Koogan, Kevin: Correspondence with Max Blechman, Oct 1995, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Langlois, Walter G.: "Anarchism, Action, and Malraux", 1978, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Leake, Johnathan: Letter to Max Blechman, Jun 23 1994, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Left Bank Distribution: Letters to Max Blechman, 1993, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Letters with Drunken Boat Mastheads to Jackson MacLow et. al., 1993-1994, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lowy, Michael: Letters to Max Blechman (French), 2001, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Machado, Wilfredo: Libro de Animales (Portfolio for Published Book, 1994), undated
Box: 2, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
MacLow, Jackson: Letters to Max Blechman, 1993-1994, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Malina, Judith (Living Theatre): Letters to Max Blechman, 1993, 2001, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mattisons, Michelle: Letter to Max Blechman, 1994, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Meselson, Amy: School Packets, 1990, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mid-Atlantic Bl@cklist, 1993, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mitzman, Arthur: Letters to Max Blechman, 1993-1994, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Muhsam, Eric (1878-1934), undated
Box: 2, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes to the Reader, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Observations on Anarchy 54, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 62 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Orr, Johnathan (Dispersal): Letter to Max Blechman/Drunken Boat, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Oversize Materials, 1990
Box: 2, Folder: 64 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Petrovato John/Perennial Books: Letters to Max Blechman, 1991-1992, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 65 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs, US and France, with Cornelius Castoriadis, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 66 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Publisher's Catalogs, 1992-1993, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 67 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rainier, Dachine: Letters to Max Blechman, 1992-1994, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Reiss, Robert, 1981, inclusive
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Rexroth, Kenneth: Max Blechman Correspondence Regarding Rexroth, 1991-1992, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sedgwick, Peter: "Out of Hiding: The Comradeships of Daniel Guerin", 1982, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Skaggs, Joey: Writings, 1960s-1990s, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Snyder, Gary: Letter to Max Blechman, May 3, 1993, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subscriber Index Cards, 1992, inclusive
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"A Trilogy for 57 Uears Ago Monday" [1954 Barcelona Uprising], 1992, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ultra Graphics, 1994, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Ward, Thomas, 1992, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Woodcock, George: Letters to Max Blechman, 1990-1994, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Minicassettes: Diane di Prima, Beruit #1, unmarked, 1995, undated
Box: Shared Tamiment 004, Cassette: 5-8 (Material Type: Audio)
