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Fred Truck papers, 1960-2019

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Series 8:Printed Material and Artist Books, 1960-2017
3.2 Linear feet
Boxes 9-13

Series is arranged as 4 sub-series.
  • 8.1: Printed Material About/By Truck, 1975-2014
  • 8.2: Artist Books and Publications, 1960-2017
  • 8.3: Small Press Publications, 1969-2017
  • 8.4: General Printed Material, 1970s-2004

8.1

Printed Material About/By Truck, 1975-2014
Series includes articles about Truck with reviews of his work and exhibitions, including an Art Com article by Carl Loeffler, and a review of Truck's ArtEngine by Simon Penny (together with a copy of Penny's article "The Intelligent Machine as Anti-Christ") published in Mediamatic vol. 5 #3. Also found here are announcements for Fred Truck: Live and in 3D(2013) and Eight Ways of Shooting (2014), a catalog and poster for Fluxus and Friends (1988), a catalog for Language and Structure in North America (1975) at Kensington Arts Association, Toronto, Canada, and copies of Truck's published books Around the House and The Hot Rod Show.
DescriptionContainer
Announcements and Catalogs for Exhibitions (Truck Solo and Group Exhibitions), 1975-2014
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39
Articles About Truck, 1980s
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40
Articles About Truck, 1990s
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1
Articles About Truck, 2005-2010
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2
Books by Truck, Around the House, 2009
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3
Books by Truck, The Hot Rod Show, 2006
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4

8.2

Artist Books/Publications, 1960-2017
Series comprises a significant collection of artist books and printed matter. It includes all items listed as "artist publications" in Truck's original inventory of the collection, including a mail art box by Vernita Nemec. Information about a few of the artists listed was printed from websites in 2017 and filed with the items.
DescriptionContainer
Bissett, Bill, Image Being, 1975
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5
Clark, Tom, Padgett, Ron, and Berrigan, Ted, Back in Boston Again, 1972
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6
Doerr, Bob, Song of the Maize, 1972
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7
Gerlovin, Rimma and Valery, Collective Farm #1, Kolkhoz, 1981
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8
Gerlovin, Rimma and Valery, Collective Farm #2, Letters to the USSR, 1982
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9
Gerlovin, Rimma and Valery, Collective Farm #4, Wonderkids, 1983
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10
Haseloff, Charles, Lite After Death, 1973
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11
Hoag, David, With Ruth in the Spring, 1973
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12
Holland, Joyce, Alphabet Anthology, 1973
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13
Korn, Henry, Exact Change and Proceedings of the National Academy of the Avant Garde, 1974-1975
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14
Kostelanetz, Richard, 1975
Includes copies of Portraits from Memory, Come Here, Modulations, Extrapolate, and Numbers: Poems & Stories
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15-16
Lawson, Todd, Patiotic Poems of Amerikka, 1971
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17
Morris, Richard, Reno Nevada, 1971
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18
Nauman, Bruce, The Consummate Mask of Rock, 1975
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19
Nemec, Vernita, Mail Art Box, 1983, 2019
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20
Nemec, Vernita, Mail Art Box, Contents of Box, 1983
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21-23
Nichol, B. P., Ballads of the Restless, 1973
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24
O'Gallagher, Liam, Planet Noise, 1969
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25
Sanders, Ed, Poems from Jail, 1963
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26
Snyder, Gary, Myths & Texts, 1960
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27
Summers, Rod, Johnny and the Famous Man, and Patrick's Tale, circa 1977, 2017
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28
Tohei, Mano, circa 2003-2013
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29
Tohei, Mano and Editions Shimizu, Photo Books, 2009-2015
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30
Tohei, Mano and Editions Shimizu, Photo Books, 2003-2017
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31
Young, Karl, Cried and Measured, First Book of Omens from Middle American Dialogues, 1977
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32
Zukofsky, Louis, Futura 5, 1966
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33
List of Contents, circa 1980s
List found in collection that includes some of the publications found in this series.
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34

8.3

Small Press Publications, 1969-2017
Series houses additional rare magazines and small press publications collected by Truck, and publications about artist's books, Fluxus, and mail art, such as the newsletter Umbrella. It includes twelve issues of Art Com magazine as well as Art Com media catalogs and other Art Com/La Mamelle Inc. printed material.
DescriptionContainer
Abraxas Ten, 1974
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35
Art and Language, 1983, circa 2016
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36
Art Com, #14-16, 1981-1982
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1
Art Com, #17-19, 1982
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2
Art Com, #20-21, 1983
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3
Art Com, #22-23, 1983-1984
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4
Art Com, #24-25, 1984
11
5
Art Com Media Distribution Catalog, Winter and Fall, 1990
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6
Art Com Media Distribution Catalog, #1, 1988
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7
Art Com, Other Printed Material, 1980s
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8
Art Contemporary Retrospective Issue, 1979
11
9
A-YA Russian Magazine (Samiszdat), 1981, 2017
11
10
Backworks, 1976-1977
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11
Beyond Baroque Publications, 1974-1975
Folders include 1 Newbook, Building Some Changes; 2 issues of New Forms, and 5 issues of New Letters
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12
Beyond Baroque Publications, 1975-1976
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13
Bile, circa 1981
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14
Contact Sheet 64, Light Work Gallery, circa 1989
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15
Data #27, (Data Arte, Milano, Italy), 1977
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16
Edition Shimizu Series, 2004
Series of publications by various artists including Mano Tohei and Fred Truck.
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17
Electric World #20, 1990 July/August
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18
Fault Press, circa 1983
Includes TV and Inter Dada '84
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19
Femail Face, 1993
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20
Fetiche Journal #3-5, 1983
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21
Florida Doodaa, Vol. 1 #4, 1985
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22
Fluxus Related Publications, 1979, 1981
Includes Lightworks and Artizien
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23
Fluxus Related Publications, 1984-1988
Includes High Performance and White Walls, and posters from Clive Phillpot's Museum of Modern Art exhibition Fluxus (1988)
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24
Giorno Poetry Systems, 1990s
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25
Intermedia Vol. 1 #4, 1976
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26
Intersection Newsletter Vol. VI #1, 1974
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27
Là-Bas #1-3, 1976
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28
Là-Bas #4-5, 1976-1977
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29
La Mamelle Inc., 1970s-1980s
Announcement, poster, postcards, and schedule
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30
La Voz Poética Del Chicano, 1974 March-May
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31
Libelius, 1980
October and November issues
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32
Manroot Books, 1969 August
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33
Margins, #17, 28-29, 1975-1976
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34
Mediamatic Vol. 4 #1-3, 1989-1990
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35
New Wildernes Letter #5-7, 9, 1978-1980
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36
Nitty Gritty Vol. 1 #1, 1975
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37
Northeast Rising Sun Vol. 1 #1, 3, 1975-1976
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Pterodactyl Press, 1983
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Publications, Other, 1970s-1980s
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40-41
Queen Street Magazine Vol. 3 #1, circa 1975
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San Francisco Book Fair Catalogs, 1973, 1975
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San Francisco Community Press Brochure, circa 1970s
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Scree 6, Duck Down Press, 1976
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1
Small Press Review #18-19, 1973-1974
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2
Something Else Newsletter by Dick Higgins, 1983
3 issues
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3
Thaballa, Fred, Poems, 1976
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4
Toothpaste Press, 1976
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5
Tractor #2, 1972
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6
Typewriter Nos. 4, 6, 1973, 1975
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7
Umbrella, 1980-1984
Includes 3 issues from 1980 and one publication entitled In.Somnia
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8
Verbum: The Journal of Personal Computer Aesthetics, 1988 April 7
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9
Video Recordings, "Miracle Arts Center: Excerpts," "(Dub of Rub-A-Dub)," Jarryd Lowder, 1992, 1994
2 Videocassettes (VHS)
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10

8.4

General Printed Material, 1970s-2004
Series includes announcements, catalogs, newsletters, postcards, and other printed material for art events, literary press events, and mail art events primarily from the 1970s-1990s, including a substantial group of material collected from Franklin Furnace. Documentation of Truck's contrbutions to Frankin Furnace Archive can be found in Series 2: Correspondence and Mail Art.
DescriptionContainer
Announcements and Catalogs: Exhibitions, Events, Performances, 1970s-1980s
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Announcements and Catalogs: Exhibitions, Events, Performances, 1970s-1980s
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Announcements and Catalogs: Exhibitions, Events, Performances, 1970s-1980s
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13
Announcements and Catalogs: Exhibitions, Events, Performances, 1990s
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Announcements and Catalogs: Exhibitions, Events, Performances, 1990s-2014
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15
Announcements and Catalogs: Literary Events, Publishers etc., 1970s-1980s
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Announcements and Catalogs: Literary Events, Publishers etc., 1970s-1980s
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Announcements and Catalogs: Literary Events, Publishers etc., 1970s-1980s
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Announcements and Catalogs: Literary Events, Publishers etc., 1970s-1990s
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Announcements and Catalogs: Mail Art Events, 1970s-1980s
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Announcements and Catalogs: Mail Art Events, 1970s-1980s
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Announcements and Catalogs: Mail Art Events, 1980s
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Announcements and Catalogs: Mail Art Events, 1980s-1990s
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Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT), 1988-1992
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Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT), circa 1993-1995
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C.A.T. Gallery/Collective Art x Technology, circa 1984
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Franklin Furnace, 1970s-1980s
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Franklin Furnace, 1970s-1980s
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Franklin Furnace, 1970s-1980s
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Franklin Furnace, 1970s-1990s
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Franklin Furnace, 1980s-1990s
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Long Beach Museum of Art, 1990s
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Mailings, Newsletters, Arts-Related, 1980s-1990s
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1
Mailings, Newsletters, Computer-Related, 1980s-1990s
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2
Mailings, Newsletters, Miscellaneous, 1980-1994
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3
Printed Articles on Art and Technology, 1999, 2004
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4
Published Book The Computer Revolution and the Arts (1989), Ed. By Richard L. Loveless, 1989
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5

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