Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Guest, Barbara, 1920-2006, Hollo, Anselm, Naropa University, and The Poetry Collection
- Abstract:
- The Kavyayantra Collection contains materials from the Kavyayantra Press including letterpress proofs, galleys, broadsides, and book covers, created both independently and in letterpress courses at Naropa University, and featuring the work of poets associated with Naropa.
- Extent:
- 2 Linear Feet and (1 large manuscript box, 1 oversize box)
- Language:
- English and Material is written in English.
- Preferred citation:
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, PCMS-0062, 1995-2006, Kavyayantra Collection, The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. See the Special Collections' preferred citations instructions for additional information.
Background
- Scope and Content:
This collection documents the activities of the Kavyayantra Press, a letterpress publisher run by faculty and students at The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University, including markups, galleys, broadsides, and correspondence, from 1995 to 2006. Many items also include a sheet prepared by the Kavyayantra Archives with information on date, title, author, type, graphics, printer(s), and collaborators. If items exist in duplicate, five copies have been retained, and the others deaccessioned. The collection includes work by Brenda Coultas, Barbara Guest, and Anselm Hollo.
- Biographical / Historical:
The Kavyayantra Press was founded by faculty and students at The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University in 1993. Kavyayantra is Sanskrit for "poetry machine," a name chosen in part to acknowledge Naropa University's Buddhist roots. The press acquired its equipment from other presses, including Lyn Hejinian's Tuumba Press. As of 2010, it uses two Chandler and Price platen presses and a Vandercook SP-15 proofing press.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Burton Weiss, a bookseller in Albany, CA.
- Processing information:
Collection processed by Alison Fraser.
Removed duplicates and original plain folders. Folders with identifying information were photocopied.
- Arrangement:
Collection has been arranged chronologically; undated material has been arranged alphabetically at the end.
- Accruals:
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using local best practices.
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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The Kavyayantra Collection is open for research.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the Poetry Collection before requesting photocopies and/or publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Once permission is obtained, most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Description and dates], Box/folder number, PCMS-0062, 1995-2006, Kavyayantra Collection, The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. See the Special Collections' preferred citations instructions for additional information.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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716-645-2917lpo-poetry@buffalo.edu