MSS-137: Paper and Other Papers

A long process has come just about to its end.

Today, I finally turned over the last of my papers to the University at Albany: a small box with maybe ten paper folders and a hard drive with my electronic records. (I still have a few more to send them, but I don’t have them in hand at the moment.) In the end, I turned over 62.5 cubic feet of records. That’s a number that makes sense to an archivist and a records manager, but usually not to other people. One cubic foot is a standard “banker’s box,” and I had estimated I had about 20 of those boxes worth of papers to send to the University at Albany. My estimate wasn’t even close, wasn’t even one third of what I actually donated.

I have sent the university, however, huge swaths of my life, leaving behind some material I’m still working on, but which represents only a tiny fraction of the total I sent. I also have maintained ownership of my bqpd publications (unique bookworks), selected artworks and publication files, most email files in electronic form, most photographic records, my diaries and travel journals, and the family records of the Huth and Frye families back to the 1800s. So it is not as if my house is free of records at the moment.

What I enjoy about my papers is that they are more than just papers. I have all manner of media and formats represented in this collection of mine. There’s a weird kind of richness to these. In format, at least. I won’t make many claims about the value of the records in general.

During the process of preparing these records for transfer, I have kept careful track of the papers I donated to the university, and I began to create what archivists call a finding aid to these records. I’m appending my lengthy and potentially final version of this finding aid to tonight’s blog entry. It consists of a brief description of the papers for use in a general catalog, a too-detailed biographical note about myself, a scope and contents note (which describes the collection in general), and series descriptions (which describe in detail the particular groupings that these papers fall into). It is probably not kosher for a person to describe his own records, but I’ve had more control over these records than is common with a donor who is not an archivist. Also, I doubt the graduate student who tackles these papers will learn easily the significance (whatever little bit of it there is) that these records have. So I wrote this myself. I’ve been out of the description business since 1990, so this is my first finding aid in sixteen years. All that’s left for the graduate student to do (besides rewriting what I’ve done) is to type up the lengthy box and folder lists that will catalog the thousands of folders and items in this collection of mine.

A final note: The University at Albany has assigned my papers this identification number: MSS-137. This number identifies my papers as the one hundred and thirty-seventh manuscript collection in one of their collections, their “Business, Literary, and Miscellany Collection.”

I figure my papers should fall under “Miscellany.”



Catalog Description

HUTH, GEOF
Papers, 1960-2006, 62.5 cubic ft. + 5.65 GB of Electronic Records (MSS-137)
The collection includes artworks produced by Geof Huth (including poetry, fiction, essays, aphorisms, visual poems, dramatic works, and comics), biographical records, extensive correspondence, records of his various micropresses, weblogs, audiovisual recordings of sound poems and presentations given at professional conferences, and a large collection of small and micropress publications focused on visual and experimental poetry.


Biographical Note

Geof Huth is an artist and archivist who was born in 1960 in Burlingame, California. He spent the vast majority of his childhood living overseas on four continents and in nine countries. He has lived in California, Virginia, Portugal, Canada, the District of Columbia, Barbados, Bolivia, Ghana, Morocco, Tennessee, Somalia, Germany, and New York. He has also traveled extensively in South America, Europe, Africa, and the United States. He learned to read and write Portuguese and German before he learned English, but he eventually lost both those languages. He currently reads, writes, and speaks French and Spanish to some degree.

His first school was the Deutsche Schule zu Porto, the German school of Oporto, Portugal, where the languages of instruction were German and Portuguese. He attended fifteen schools across the world before he graduated from Father Ryan High School in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1978. He graduated with a BA in English from Vanderbilt University in 1982, received an MA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University in 1986, and earned a Master of Library Science from the University at Albany in 1989. He married Nancy Anne Frye in 1984, and they have two children, Erin and Timothy.

Huth began writing short stories, poetry, and commonplace books since he was a child. In college, he began producing other kinds of art, including films, photography, and other visual art. He has been active in the international visual poetry field since 1985, and has produced a wide variety of language-based art since that time, including poetry, visual poetry, fiction, essays, and creative dictionaries. Huth is a well known authority on visual poetry and has spent years writing visual poetry criticism and theory, most of it published to his weblog, dbqp: visualizing poetics.

Starting in 1987, Huth became an active micropublisher, releasing small publications in small editions, first through his micropress dbqp, which publishes language, visual, and conceptual poetry, comics, prose, and other artistic and usually minimalist works. The press publishes a number of different series and magazines, including Alabama Dogshoe Moustache (an irregular poetry journal); Socks, Dregs and Rocking Chairs (an occasional comic book); The Subtle Journal of Raw Coinage (a once-monthly magazine printing undefined invented words from antiquity to the present), and A Voice Without Sides (a limited edition magazine of all types of art, published in exotic ways). Begun in 1989, pdqp, the sister press to dbqp, publishes works primarily related to Huth’s family (such as the family’s annual holiday cards) and short runs of works by Huth himself (such as programs for his poetry readings). Involved in mailart for years, Huth has released most of his mailart under the qbdp imprint since 2004. He also produces unique bookworks (including diaries, notebooks, and artist’s books) under the imprint bqpd.

By 2003, most of Huth’s artistic output became focused on the World Wide Web. He began to produce dbqp: visualizing poetics, a daily weblog on the topic of verbo-visual art in general and visual poetry in particular. He also began to produce other weblogs, including one on mailart (qbdp: the mailartworks) and a daily blog of observational prose poems (One Million Footnotes). Many of his works, particularly those digital works that cannot exist on paper, continue to be published on the Web, in e-zines, blogzines, and websites.

Huth has also been active professionally in archives and records management and has served as the executive officer of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, the Lake Ontario Archives Conference (now the New York Archives Conference), Capital Area Archivists of New York, and the Albany Chapter of the Association of Records Managers and Administrators (now referred to simply as ARMA). He has also chaired the Electronic Records and Government Records sections of the Society of American Archivists. Huth regularly speaks on archives and records management, particularly electronic records, across the country. He currently is the Director of Government Records Services at the New York State Archives.


Scope and Contents Note

The majority of these papers focus on Geof Huth’s artistic activities: his creation of artworks, his involvement in the fields of visual and experimental poetry, his productions as a micropublisher, and his work as an active blogger in the worldwide network of online poets. Although Huth began writing poetry and short stories as a child, few of these works survive. His frequent moves during his childhood were opportunities for discarding unnecessary materials such as drafts of writing. Huth’s records provide good documentation of the interrelated international fields of visual poetry, experimental poetry, and mailart from the 1980s until the present. Huth’s papers include a wide range of media, including broadsides and other large-format paper publications, books, videotapes, audiotapes, electronic media, and super-8 and 16mm films. Huth has created a wide range of artistic and literary works, including very early digital poems written in Apple BASIC and still readable via Apple II emulator software. The bulk of Huth’s creative works range from the mid-1980s until the present.

The papers also document Huth’s personal life, including his school career, travels, family, and friendships. Through various records, including newspaper clippings, his biographical records provide information about his personal activities as a child and an adult. His correspondence provides sometimes detailed information about his life, art, and relationships, and his weblogs provide much detail about his life and biography.

Finally, these papers document Huth’s career in archives and records management. The association records in his biographical files document the archives and records management profession and Geof Huth’s role in various associations in New York State and across the country. His work records document his presentations across the country and his various professional positions. These records also include copies of publications and articles written by Huth.

The primary language of these records is English, but other languages present in these papers include Danish, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Somali, and Spanish.


Series Descriptions

Series 1: Biographical Records, 1960, 1962, 1964-2006, 9 cf
This series consists of copies of art and professional vitae, newspaper clippings about Geof Huth and his work, school records, records relating to readings given by and art shows displaying Huth’s visual art and visual poetry, and files relating to associations Huth has been active in (including archival associations).

Subseries A: Art, 1978, 1981, 1985-2006, 3.5 cf
Arranged alphabetically, with exhibitions and readings arranged chronologically thereunder. Includes documentation of Huth’s art activities and non-work writing activities, including files on his art exhibitions and poetry readings. Includes one cubic foot of odd-sized exhibition records, about a cubic foot of rolled acetates from a year 2000 exhibition, and two metal file card cases documenting the submission of his writing to journals.

Subseries B: Associations, 1977-1978, 1988-2006, 1 cf
Arranged alphabetically. Includes documentation of Huth’s involvement primarily in professional and academic associations, especially Capital Area Archivists of New York, the Mid-Atlantic Archives Conference, and the Society of American Archivists. Records include minutes of meetings run or attended by Huth, newsletters, and articles by Geof Huth.

Subseries C: Personal, 1960, 1962, 1964-1967, 1970-1977, 1980-1981, 1984-1988, 1990-2004, 2006, 0.75 cf
Arranged alphabetically. Includes various documentation of Huth’s personal life, including his travels. Records include newspaper clippings and memorabilia.

Subseries D: School, 1968-1991, 1.25 cf
Arranged alphabetically. Includes school work, report cards, yearbooks, and other documentation of Huth’s entire academic career. These records provide extensive documentation of his school activities. Secondary school literary magazines, however, are stored in the publications series.

Subseries E: Work, 1978, 1987-2006, 2.50 cf
Arranged alphabetically and chronologically thereunder. Includes documentation of Huth’s professional career. Records include publications written by Geof Huth, scripts of professional presentations by Huth, work newsletters, and newspaper clippings on his work as an archivist and records manager.

Series 2: Writing and Art, 1976-2006, 3.5 cf + 2 GB
This series consists of paper and electronic manuscripts of all the types of artistic works produced by Geof Huth (poetry, fiction, essays, aphorisms, visual poems, dramatic works, comics, digital poems, and others).

Subseries A: Writing and Art, 1976-2006, 3.5 cf
Arranged alphabetically by type of work and alphabetically by title thereunder. Consists of drafts and final versions of paper manuscripts of writing and art projects organized by subcategory: Aphorisms, Comics, Conceptual Texts, Dictionaries, Dramatic Works, Essays, Fiction, Light Verse, Poems, Pwoermds, Visual Art, and Visual Poems. Includes oversized material stored separately.

Subseries B: Digital and Video Poetry, 1986-1987, 2006, 29.9 MB
Arranged alphabetically. Includes early digital poems written in Apple BASIC for the Apple II computer and videopoems that exist as digital video files. Also includes copies of early digital writing by others written in Apple BASIC. The early digital poems exist as .dsk files which can be run under an Apple II emulator program, which is stored within the subseries. The later videopoems exist as .wmv (Windows Movie) files.

Subseries C: Electronic Files of Writing and Art, 1980-2006, 1.61 GB
Arranged alphabetically by type of work and alphabetically by filename thereunder. Includes completed and draft copies of writing and art, including digital poetry.

Series 3: Correspondence, 1960-1961, 1963-1969, 1972, 1977-2006, 11 cf + 226 MB
This series includes personal and dbqp correspondence and mailart, especially from the mid-1980s until the present. This correspondence includes both extensive paper and electronic correspondence. This series does not include most of Geof Huth’s email correspondence since 2003. Huth’s most frequent correspondent in these files is the poet Bob Grumman.

Subseries A: Paper Correspondence, 1960-1961, 1963-1969, 1972, 1977-2006, 11 cf
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and chronologically thereunder, but opening with correspondence on particular topics. Includes incoming and outgoing personal correspondence, mailart, and some dbqp correspondence. Includes a separate cubic foot of oversized correspondence.

Subseries B: Electronic Correspondence, 2001-2006, 226 MB
Arranged alphabetically. Includes incoming and outgoing e-mail and electronic copies of outgoing paper correspondence stored as Microsoft Word (.doc) and portable document format (.pdf) files, as well as some instant messages saved as ASCII text (.txt) files.

Series 4: dbqp Records, 1982, 1987-2006, 2.5 cf
This series documents the micropress dbqp and includes final copies of publications (usually two of each), business records for dbqp, and layouts for dbqp publications. Larger object dbqp publications are stored separately. The micropress dbqp publishes a number of different series and magazines, including Alabama Dogshoe Moustache (an irregular poetry journal); Buried Tongue (a gallery of verbo-visual art compiled with a different co-editor/publisher for each issue); Epistulational Exscrapts (a magazine publishing excerpts from personal letters); Foolscap (an occasional broadsheet of reviews and essays); Socks, Dregs and Rocking Chairs (an occasional comic book); The Subtle Journal of Raw Coinage (a once-monthly magazine printing undefined invented words from antiquity to the present); and A Voice Without Sides (a limited edition magazine of all types of art, published in wildly exotic manners). The press also publishes leaflets (in the series &, CHRON, and QCXK), postcards (dbqprescards), chapbooks (goodbooqpres), and semiotic objects (Objecta).

Subseries A: dbqp Publications, 1982, 1987-2005, 1 cf
Arranged numerically by dbqp number, which coincides with chronological order. Includes one or two copies of every dbqp publication ever released. The numbering of dbqp publications begins with 0, because Socks, Dregs and Rocking Chairs # 1 was numbered dbqp # 0 years after the fact to bring it into the series. Includes a half a cubic foot of odd-sized and object publications.

Subseries B: dbqp Layouts to Publications, 1987-2005, 0.75 cf
Arranged numerically by dbqp number, which coincides with chronological order. Includes layout copies of many dbqp publications and copies of manuscripts used in producing the issues.

Subseries C: dbqp Business Records, 1987-2003, 2006, 0.75 cf
Arranged alphabetically and chronologically (where applicable) thereunder. Includes correspondence regarding subscriptions, financial records, reviews of dbqp publications, and lists of series relating to dbqp publications.

Series 5: pdqb Records, 1989-2006, 1.25 cf
This series documents pdqb, a personal micropress that publishes documentation of Geof Huth’s family (such as the family’s annual holiday cards) and short runs of visual and conceptual poetry by Geof Huth. The press also publishes some work by other artists in Film Clips, a mailart magazine. The name “pdqb” can stand for “pretty damn quick books,” although that is not its official name. The series includes final copies of pdqb publications (usually two of each), administrative records for pdqb, and layouts for pdqb publications. Unlike dbqp publications, pdqb publications are rarely sold and meant to be given away for free. The original issues of eXmaSscard (the family’s series of holiday cards) were originally released as issues of dbqp but have since 1989 been released under the pdqb imprint.

Subseries A: pdqb Publications, 1989-2006, 0.75 cf
Arranged numerically by pdqb number, which usually coincides with chronological order. (Some pdqb issues, however, were retronumbered intentionally out of order to fill holes in the numerical sequence.) This subseries includes one or two copies of every pdqb publication ever released.

Subseries B: pdqb Layouts to Publications, 1989, 1991-1992, 1999-2006, 0.4 cf
Arranged numerically by pdqb number, which usually coincides with chronological order. Includes layout copies and drafts of many pdqb publications.

Subseries C: Administrative Records, 1990-1991, 2006, 0.1 cf
Arranged alphabetically by folder title. Includes printed reviews of pdqb publications and lists of people receiving some pdqb publications.

Series 6: qbdp Records, 1991-1992, 2002, 2004-2006, 0.75 cf
The micropress qbdp releases only tiny runs of mailart. The series includes single copies of the mailart produced by Geof Huth in the qbdp series and occasional copies of layouts for same. The micropress qbdp was officially initiated in May 2004, when Huth began to produce mailart in small editions, saving one copy of each for his files. The original issues of Film Clips, the mailart zine originally released by pdqb were retronumbered as the first numbers of qbdp, and issues from Film Clips are now released only under the qbdp imprint.

Subseries A: qbdp Publications, 1991-1992, 2002, 2004-2006, 0.5 cf
Arranged numerically by qbdp number, which coincides with chronological order with the exception of qbdp # 101. Includes one copy of every qbdp mailart item ever released.

Subseries B: qbdp Layouts to Publications, 2004-2006, 0.25 cf
Arranged numerically by qbdp number, which coincides with chronological order with the exception of qbdp # 101. Includes layout copies of many qbdp publications.

Series 7: CWM Records, 1989-1993, 0.25 cf
Arranged alphabetically. This series consists of the records of the art and literary magazine CWM co-edited with David C. Kopaska-Merkel, including announcements, correspondence, and two copies of issue # 1.

Series 8: Weblogs, 2003-2006, 1.25 cf + 1.5 GB
Starting at the end of 2003, much of Geof Huth’s artistic output was focused on his work on weblogs. This series consists of paper and electronic copies of the various weblogs produced by Huth, one of which is a joint blog with D. Ross Priddle. This series includes blog files (archived copies of each blog), electronic files (copies of the electronic files used to created the blogs), and paper files (printouts of the weblogs).

Subseries A: Alongside a Gibbous Orange Moon, 2004, 1 folder + unknown MB
Consists of archived electronic copies and paper copies of the weblog Alongside a Gibbous Orange Moon, which documents the Huth family’s April 2004 trip to Florida’s Gulf Coast. The URL for the weblog refers to the family’s shorthand for itself: “GNET” stands for “Geof, Nancy, Erin, and Tim.” URL: http://gnethuth.blogspot.com

Blog Files: Arranged in reverse chronological order. Consists of an archived copy of the weblog.

Paper Files: Arranged in chronological order of blog posting. Consists of a printout the weblog.

Subseries B: The Anarchivist, 2006, 1 folder + unknown MB
Consists of an occasional weblog that discusses archival issues. Includes reprints of and original articles written by Geof Huth and documentation of some of the professional conferences he attended. URL: http://anarchivist.blogspot.com

Blog Files: Arranged in reverse chronological order. Consists of an archived copy of the weblog.

Paper Files: Arranged in chronological order by month and thereunder in reverse chronological order of blog posting. Consists of a printout the weblog.

Subseries C: bqpd: the bookworks, 2004-2006, 1 folder + unknown MB
This weblog documents and describes the unique books (journals, bookworks, and notebooks) produced by Geof Huth. Some entries are retrodated so the postings coincide with the original date of publication of the books. URL: http://bqpd.blogspot.com

Blog Files: Arranged in reverse chronological order. Consists of an archived copy of the weblog.

Paper Files: Arranged in chronological order by month and thereunder in reverse chronological order of blog posting. Consists of a printout the weblog.

Subseries D: dbpq, 2005, 1 folder + unknown MB
A joint weblog produced with D. Ross Priddle that includes documentation of the micropress dbqp. URL: http://dbpq.blogspot.com

Blog Files: Arranged in reverse chronological order. Consists of an archived copy of the weblog.

Paper Files: Arranged in chronological order by month and thereunder in reverse chronological order of blog posting. Consists of a printout the weblog.

Subseries E: dbqp: visualizing poetics, 2003-2006, 1 cf + unknown MB
Geof Huth’s primary weblog, dbqp: visualizing poetics focuses on discussions of visual poetry and other forms of verbo-visual expression. The weblog’s prospectus describes the blog as “A kaleidoscopic review of visual poetry and related forms of art over the centuries, joined with the recollections of one contemporary visual poet. Topics of interest include visual prose, comics art, illustrated books, minimalist poetry, and visually-enhanced textual poetry.” This weblog usually includes one posting per day. URL: http://dbqp.blogspot.com

Blog Files: Arranged in reverse chronological order. Consists of an archived copy of the weblog.

Electronic Files: Includes drafts of blog entries, copies of images used on the blog, and periodic captures of the blog template. Consists of 963 MB of files.

Paper Files: Arranged in chronological order by month and thereunder in reverse chronological order of blog posting. Consists of a printout the weblog.

Subseries F: dbqplist, 2004-2006, 1 folder + unknown MB
This weblog documents and describes the publications released by dbqp. Some entries are retrodated so the postings coincide with or appear close to the original date of publication of the issues. URL: http://dbqplist.blogspot.com

Blog Files: Arranged in reverse chronological order. Consists of an archived copy of the weblog.

Paper Files: Arranged in chronological order by month and thereunder in reverse chronological order of blog posting. Consists of a printout the weblog.

Subseries G: Geof Huth, 2006, 1 folder + unknown MB
Geof Huth is a little-used weblog that includes occasional documentation of Geof Huth and drafts of poems in progress. The primary purpose of this blog is to guard against cybersquatting. URL: http://geofhuth.blogspot.com

Blog Files: Arranged in reverse chronological order. Consists of an archived copy of the weblog.

Paper Files: Arranged in chronological order by month and thereunder in reverse chronological order of blog posting. Consists of a printout the weblog.

Subseries H: One Million Footnotes, 2004-2006, 0.25 cf + unknown MB
A weblog that includes single numbered sentences published at a usual rate of one per day. The weblog’s prospectus describes the blog as “Footnotes to a nonexistent book, a series of observations, a novel without the plot, the autobiography of an imagination, linked poetry of the everyday world, an impossible goal.” URL: http://onemillionfootnotes.blogspot.com

Blog Files: Arranged in reverse chronological order. Consists of an archived copy of the weblog.

Paper Files: Arranged in chronological order by month and thereunder in reverse chronological order of blog posting. Consists of a printout the weblog.

Subseries I: pdqb, 2004-2006, 1 folder + unknown MB
A weblog that describes Geof Huth’s pdqb publications, which document Huth’s family and include some short-run editions of his artwork. Some entries are retrodated so the postings coincide with the original date of publication of the issues. The weblog’s prospectus describes the blog as “A bibliography of the publications of pdqb, a micropress publishing documentation of the family GNET.” URL: http://pdqb.blogspot.com

Blog Files: Arranged in reverse chronological order. Consists of an archived copy of the weblog.

Paper Files: Arranged in chronological order by month and thereunder in reverse chronological order of blog posting. Consists of a printout the weblog.

Subseries J: qbdp: the mailartworks, 2004-2006, unknown cf + 554 MB
This weblog documents and describes the mailart produced by Geof Huth under the rubric of qbdp. The subtitle of the blog is “The Occasional Mailart Activities of Geof Huth.” URL: http://qbdp.blogspot.com

Blog Files: Arranged in reverse chronological order. Consists of an archived copy of the weblog.

Electronic Files (554 MB): Includes drafts of blog entries and copies of images used on the blog.

Paper Files: Arranged in chronological order by month and thereunder in reverse chronological order of blog posting. Consists of a printout the weblog.

Subseries K: This Old Huthhouse, 2006, unknown cf + unknown GB
This weblog documented the remodeling of Geof and Nancy Huth’s home from February until July 2006. The blog includes numerous digital photographs and some digital video. A daily blog recounting the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of remodeling too much of the home of the GNET Huth family (with the E of GNET only rarely in evidence). We take as our governing principle this quotation by T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings: ‘The surroundings householders crave are glorified autobiographies’ (the full version of which appears at the bottom of this page).” URL: http://huthhouse.blogspot.com

Blog Files: Arranged in reverse chronological order. Consists of an archived copy of the weblog.

Paper Files: Arranged in chronological order by month and thereunder in reverse chronological order of blog posting. Consists of a printout the weblog.

Subseries L: Visual Poetry Clippings, 2004-2006, unknown cf + unknown MB
This weblog is a clipblog that includes snippets from and links to entries about visual poetry posted on blogs not managed by Geof Huth. URL: http://vispo.blogspot.com

Blog Files: Arranged in reverse chronological order. Consists of an archived copy of the weblog.

Paper Files: Arranged in chronological order by month and thereunder in reverse chronological order of blog posting. Consists of a printout the weblog.

Series 9: Electronic Files, 1995-1997, 2006, 7.9 MB
This series consists of electronic files that cannot exist reasonably in paper form and which do not form a part of any other series.

Subseries A: dbqp and pdqb Website, 1995-1999, 113 KB
Arranged alphabetically by filename, with images stored in a separate subfolder. Entitled “dbqp,” this website consists of the final state of an early website for dbqp and pdqb. This website remained virtually unchanged for its entire run from 19 July 1995 until 30 September 1999. Original URL: http:/www.interlog.com/~dal/dbqp/

Subseries B: Databases, 1993-2006, 6.5 MB
Arranged alphabetically by filename. Includes two documentary databases maintained by Geof Huth: “Geof Huth Evidence” (2005-2006, a database that includes citations and data from references to Geof Huth primarily from weblogs and other electronic sources) and “Huthworks” (ca 1993-2006), a database that documents the works of Geof Huth, including type of work, date and place of creation, publication and exhibit data).

Series 10: Audio-Visual Records, 1966, 1974, 1981-1982, 1984-1988, 1990, 1993-1997, 2000-2006, 1.5 cf + 2.56 GB
This series includes audiotapes of sound poems, super-8 and 16mm films, and videotapes and audio media of presentations given by Geof Huth at professional conferences.

Subseries A: Audio Files, 1990, 1993-1994, 2000-2001, 2003, 0.3 cf
Arranged alphabetically by main entry. Recordings of Geof Huth’s audio-based poetry and presentations at professional conferences. Includes five cassette tapes and one CD of Huth’s professional presentations and three cassette audiotapes of Huth’s sound poetry and music.

Subseries B: Films, 1981-1982, 0.2 cf
Arranged alphabetically by title. Includes super-8 and 16mm films (along with related reel-to-reel audiotapes) created by Geof Huth at Vanderbilt University. Includes seven reels of super-8 film (most with accompanying reel-to-reel or cassette audiotapes) and six 16mm films (five collaged films and one hand-drawn film).

Subseries C: Video Files, 1982, 2004-2005, 1 cf
Arranged alphabetically by main entry. Includes video recordings of Geof Huth’s professional presentations, art performances, and works. Includes two VHS tapes of Huth’s appearances on teleconferences related to records management and one Betamax videotape of Huth’s college films.

Subseries D: Electronic Audio and Video Files, 1966, 1974, 1984-1988, 1992, 1994-1997, 2002-2003, 2005-2006, 2.29 GB
Arranged alphabetically by filename. Includes audio recordings (as .wav and .cda files) of Geof Huth’s professional presentations and poetry performances.

Series 11: Photographic Records, 1980-1982, 0.75 cf
Arranged alphabetically. This series consists of negatives and prints of art photographs of Geof Huth and a small folder of original photographs of the American West by the photographer John Paul Edwards, a founding member of Group f/64, a famed circle of American photographers.

Series 12: Publications, 1965-1966, 1969-2006, 30.75 cf
This series consists of copies of publications received or collected by Geof Huth, primarily zines, chapbooks, and poetry publications of various kinds, and particularly publications with work by Huth. Includes some object and audio-visual and digital writing publications, stored separately. Folders that contain work by, references to, or were partially created by Huth are marked with an asterisk in the upper left corner of the folder, sometimes with explanations about the connection to Huth. A simple asterisk indicates that the publication or publications in the folder include work by Geof Huth.

Subseries A: Paper Publications, 1965-1966, 1969, 1972-2006, 28.5 cf
Arranged alphabetically by main entry (usually author’s name). Includes school, professional, and art publications by Geof Huth (except for books) as well as numerous publications documenting underground art and literature (especially visual poetry) from the mid-1980s on. Some paper publications include audio or other media. Includes occasional correspondence with Geof Huth that is either written directly on the publications or is slipped into the pages. Includes one cubic feet of odd-sized publications and a loose box in the form of a triangular prism, which stores the mailart assembling, Killer Whale.

Subseries B: Audio-Visual Publications, 1982, 1985-1995, 2002, 2005-2006, 1 cf
Arranged alphabetically by main entry (usually title). Includes audiotape and videotape publications, including spoken poetry, sound poetry (some with work by Geof Huth), and video art. Formats include NTSC format VHS videotapes, audio cassettes, compact discs, and audiotapes.

Subseries C: Hardcopy Digital Writing Publications, 1983-1984, 1986-1987, 1990, 1995, 2004, 2006, 0.25 cf
Arranged alphabetically by main entry (usually title). Includes early examples of published digital poetry and digital fiction on 3.5" and 5.25" diskettes, separated from the rest of the publication series to allow for easier preservation management.

The Alchemist III:1. Edited by Marco Fraticelli. 1984. (Diskette magazine of digital writing.)

Fraticelli, Marco. Deja Vu: Poetry for the Computer Screen. Montreal: Guernica Editions, 1983. (Digital haiku.)

Generator # 12, 2004. (A CD of visual poetry in digital form.)

Glossolalia # 1, 1995. (A 3.5" diskette of poetry and other writing saved in ASCII.)

Huth, G. ENDEMIC BATTLE COLLAGE: KINETIC FUNCTION: RE ARRANGEMENTS ACROSS A DIVERSE PLANE: RUN : AURAL AND KINETIC POEMS FOR THE COMPUTER SCREEN. Unpublished hyperscript, 1986-1987. (A completed sequence of digital poems.)

Huth, G. Things Constantly Moving Against Electric Current. Unpublished hyperscript, 1987. (Digital slideshow of full-color static computer-designed poems, which became a single-copy publication in 1992.)

Nichol, bp. First Screening. Toronto: Underwhich Editions, 1984. (Digital poetry.)

Nichol, bp. First Screening. [Red Deer, Alta.]: Red Deer College Press, 1998. (Digital poetry.)

O’Donnell, Richard M. Rice Wine. Montreal: Guernica Editions, 1983. (Digital fiction and digital poetry.)

papertiger: new world poetry # 04, 2004. (A CD of digital poetry and visual poetry and other art in digital form.

Whitewall of Sound # 34, 2006. (A CD of visual poetry in digital form from the Pacific Northwest of North American.)

Subseries D: Books, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1982, 1989-1990, 1992-1993, 1996, 1998, 2000-2001, 2005-2006, 1 cf
Arranged alphabetically by main entry. Includes copies of hardcover and softcover books that include contributions by or references to Geof Huth, as well as a few heavily annotated books belonging to Huth. References to or sections by Geof Huth in these books are marked with small metal clips (“page points”) on the respective pages.

Audiatur: Katalog for Ny Poesi, Bergen 13. – 16. Oktober 2005, 2005.
Includes a translation of a short essay by Geof Huth (“Variasjon Versus Flyktighet I Samitidspoesien”) and a translation of an interview of Geof Huth by Crag Hill and Ron Silliman (“Intervju med Geof Huth”), both in Norwegian.

Berry, Jake. Brambu Drezi, 2006.
Signed and inscribed by the author, this book was published with financial support from Geof Huth, among others.

Dickson, Paul. Slang! The Topic-by-Topic Dictionary of Contemporary American Lingoes, 1990.
Includes thanks to Geof Huth for help with chapter 22: “Teen and High School Slang.”

Dresher, Olivia, ed. In Pieces: An Anthology of Fragmentary Writing, 2006.
Includes a back-cover blurb by Geof Huth.

Goddard, Dennis E. A Junior Geography of Barbados, 1966.
A schoolbook of Geoffrey Huth, with his name written in it by his mother circa 1970, includes numerous markings by Huth noting where he found some of the source text for his long poem, A topographicall Description and Admeasurement of the YLAND of BARBADOS in the West INDYAES with the Mrs Names of Seuerall plantacons.

Gunderloy, Mike and Michael Ziesing, eds. Anarchy and the End of History, 1991.
Signed by both authors (including Geof Huth’s friend and the editor of Factsheet Five, Mike Gunderloy) and ironically inscribed “Anarchy is Chaos” and “Chaos is Anarchy” at Huth’s request.

Hitt, Jack, ed. In a Word: A Harper’s Magazine Dictionary of Words that Don’t Exist but Ought To, 1992
Includes twenty-two words coined by Geof Huth, along with definitions and illustrative uses of those words.

Hoyos, F. A. Barbados: Our Island Home, 1970 edition.
A schoolbook of Geoffrey Huth signed by him circa 1971, includes some notes by Huth for his long poem, A topographicall Description and Admeasurement of the YLAND of BARBADOS in the West INDYAES with the Mrs Names of Seuerall plantacons and the source for the poem’s title (from the earliest map of Barbados, which is reproduced on page 92).

Jerome, Judson, ed. 1990 Poet’s Market, 1989.
Includes an announcement for Geof Huth’s micropress dbqp.

Kammen, Carol and Norma Prendergast, eds. Encyclopedia of Local History, 2000.
Includes three entries by Geof Huth.

Kostelanetz, Richard, ed. Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes, 1993.
Includes an entry on and fifteen entries by Geof Huth.

Kostelanetz, Richard, ed. Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes, second edition, 2000.
Includes an entry on and twenty-four entries by Geof Huth.

Leab, Daniel J. and Philip P. Mason, eds. Labor History Archives in the United States: A Guide for Researching and Teaching, 1992.
Includes an essay by Geof Huth.

Lewis, Matthew B. The Monk, 1977 printing.
Heavily annotated by Geof Huth.

Loose Watch: A Lost and Found Times Anthology, 1998.
Includes three pieces by Geof Huth.

O’Connor, Flannery. Wise Blood, 1973 printing.
Annotated by Geof Huth.

Saper, Craig J. Networked Art, 2001.
Includes a four-page discussion of Geof Huth’s micropress, dbqp.

Schmidt, S. J., ed. ersichlichkeiten: internationale visuelle texte der 90er, 1996.
Includes reproductions of a number of issues of dbqp and of a concrete poem manuscript by Geof Huth from 1986.

Stevens, Wallace. The Collected Poems, 1982.
Heavily annotated by Geof Huth during a class taken with Phillip Booth in the early 1980s.

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