Historical/Biographical Note:
Black Sun was a small, avant-garde literary magazine published in Brooklyn, New York from 1965-1969. It was edited by Harvey Tucker who at the time was also active writing and publishing poetry. Since 1969, Tucker and his wife, Linda, have run Black Sun Books (157 East 57th, NY), dealing in rare books and manuscripts. Contributors to Black Sun included: Diane Wakoski, Ben Hiatt, Richard Morris, Barbara Holland, David Antin, Elizabeth Ritchie, Alice Ransom, Hugh Fox, and Duane Locke, among many others.
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The Black Sun Archive is a part of the Avant Garde Collection at Fales Library, New York University. The Fales Library is the primary special collections division of the NYU libraries, housing over 170,000 volumes of English and American literature from 1700 to the present. Strengths of the collection include the development of the English and American novel, with an emphasis on the Gothic and the Victorian novel. The Avant Garde Collection comprises printed materials, archives, and other materials related to the avant-garde writing from the 1960s and early 1970s. The collection was built during that period by curators, including Mel Edelstein and Ted Grieder.
The collection consists of correspondence, typescripts and leaflets. The majority of the correspondence, which is in the form of letters, postcards and invitations, is from many notable poets to the editor of Black Sun, Harvey Tucker. Amongst the noteworthy correspondents are: Hugh Fox, Ben Hiatt, Duane Locke, Richard Morris, Barbara Holland, David Antin, Elizabeth Ritchie, and Alice Ransom. The typescripts include those for publication in Volume 1, No. 1 through Volume 2, No. 3. In addition, there are typescripts of the writings of Harvey Tucker, editor of the magazine.
SERIES DESCRIPTION
Series I: Correspondence: contains correspondence to the editor Harvey Tucker. Noted correspondents include Barbara Holland, David Antin, Elizabeth Ritchie, Ben Hiatt, and Alice Ransom.
Series II: Manuscripts: contains manuscripts submitted to Black Sun Magazine by Harvey Tucker, Barbara Holland, James Hull and others.
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| Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject/author heading then chronologically within each subject/author heading. | ||
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Related Material at the Fales Library and Special Collections
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There is no information about materials that are associated by provenance to the described materials that have been physically separated or removed.
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Access Restrictions
Open to researchers. Appointments are necessary for the use of manuscript and archival materials.
Use Restrictions
The collection is subject to all copyright laws. For more information, contact
Fales Library and Special Collections
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-2596
Fax: (212) 995-3835
Email: fales.library@nyu.edu
URL: http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/fales/cdfa.htm
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Administrative Information
Provenance
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); The Black Sun Archive; MSS 6; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections
, New York University Libraries.
Container List
[The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.]
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