Small Press Poetry Broadside Collection, 1960 - 2018
Scope and Contents
This collection was begun in 2013 by staff in Special Collections in consultation with colleagues from the School of English. Its purpose is to support teaching and research into the various ways in which poets and artists present and disseminate their work.
It is a developing collection of mid-twentieth, and twenty-first century poetry broadsides from a range of British and American small press poetry publishers and printers. It so far includes examples from the Toothpaste Press, Cuneiform, Goliard Press, Five Seasons Press, Fuck You Press, Oyez Press, and many others. The earliest broadside in the collection dates from 1960.
For a full list of books in this collection please see the listing in the External Documents section below.
Dates
- Creation: 1960 - 2018
Conditions Governing Access
Available to researchers by appointment
Biographical / Historical
Many small poetry presses produce broadsides which are often works of art above and beyond solely works of poetry. The scale of these broadsides—a larger area than a regular-sized page—allows the poets who illustrate their own work the luxury to present their poems in innovative ways. (Additionally, an artist can use the broadside medium to present new interpretations of poems written years earlier.) Poetry broadsides have been created to advertise readings or new collections; as celebrations; or simply to draw attention to a fine poem. They can be made from any paper stock, from cheap newsprint to expensive handmade. The poems can be printed by hand, or mimeoed; with colour, or without.
Extent
32 Item(s)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Arrangement
Numerical
Accruals
Accruals are expected
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
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