Guide to the Between C & D Archive
Ca. 1983-1990

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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Descriptive Summary

Creator: Between C & D
Title: The Between C & D Archive
Dates: [ca. 1983-1990]
Abstract: Between C & D was one of the most influential literary magazines of the New York downtown scene of the 1980's and was started in 1983 by co-editors Joel Rose and Catherine Texier. Taking its name from the location of Rose and Texier's apartment where it was produced--on East 7th Street between Avenues C & D on Manhattan's Lower East Side--the magazine provided one of the major downtown venues for "new fiction" of both established and emerging writers like Patrick McGrath, Dennis Cooper, Gary Indiana, Kathy Acker, Lynne Tillman, and David Wojnarowicz, to name only a few. Rose and Texier are themselves important writers of the downtown scene. Rose and Texier's vision for Between C & D was to support writing that deviated from conventional norms and questioned accepted standards of literature. In 1988, Penguin published an anthology of Between C & D for its Contemporary American Fiction series that included twenty-five writers chosen by Rose and Texier to represent the magazine's scope and content. The magazine stopped publication in 1990. The collection represents the editorial correspondence, manuscripts, copies of Between C & D, and various related materials.
Quantity: ca. 18 linear feet (12 boxes)
Call Phrase: Between C & D Archive
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Historical/Biographical Note:

The Between C & D Archive is a part of the Downtown Collection at the Fales Library, New York University. The Fales Library is the primary special collections division of the NYU Libraries housing over 160,000 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 novel and the Victorian novel. The Downtown Collection, of which the Between C & D Archive is a part, is a comprehensive collection of printed materials, archives, and other materials related to the Downtown New York scene from ca. 1975 to the present.

Between C & D, one of the most influential literary magazines of the downtown scene, was started in 1983 by co-editors Joel Rose and Catherine Texier. Taking its name from the location of Rose and Texier's apartment where it was produced--on East Seventh Street between Avenues C and D on Manhattan's Lower East Side--the magazine provided one of the major downtown venues for new fiction of both established and emerging writers like Patrick McGrath, Dennis Cooper, Gary Indiana, Kathy Acker, Lynne Tillman, and David Wojnarowicz, to name only a few. Rose and Texier are themselves important writers of the downtown scene. Rose has written two novels: Kill the Poor and Kill Kill Faster Faster; Texier is author of the novels, Chloe l'Atlantique, in her native French, and Love Me Tender, in English. As the cover of Between C & D lists, sex, drugs, violence, danger and computers were recurring motifs throughout the life of the magazine. Rose and Texier utilized the computer technology available to them in the production of the magazine. Not only was the layout done on an Epson computer, but each issue was individually printed in their apartment on dot-matrix printers. Each issue was then individually packed into a Ziploc bag reminiscent of those used to sell drugs in the neighborhood. Rose and Texier's vision for Between C & D was to support writing that deviated from conventional norms and questioned accepted standards of literature. Thus, much of the writing featured in Between C & D focuses on the gritty underside of urban living; often shock value is employed, and the safety of middle-class standards are attacked for their underlying hypocrisy. In 1988, Penguin published an anthology of Between C & D for its Contemporary American Fiction series that included twenty-five writers chosen by Rose and Texier to represent the magazine's scope and content. The magazine stopped publication in 1990.

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Scope and Content Note

The Between C & D Archive was acquired via purchase from Joel Rose and Catherine Texier in July of 1996. The collection included a complete set of Joel's copy of the magazine with all variants, correspondence, manuscripts, posters, business files, ephemera, including the computer used for the production of the magazine, and miscellaneous printed materials. The collection was built by the editors of Between C & D, Joel Rose and Catherine Texier, both established writers and longtime members of the scene. The collection was sorted by Marvin J. Taylor once it arrived at NYU. Printed materials were removed and catalogued in the Downtown Collection and are listed in BobCat. A special subject heading "Downtown Writers" was given to all materials in the collection as a means of retrieving all works about downtown New York. Archival materials were sorted into series and processed later. Oversized archival materials from the various series are located in an oversize box at the end of the collection.

The Between C & D Archive comprises incoming and outgoing correspondence and business files for both the magazine and the anthology; production files for the magazine; a complete run of the magazine with all variants; manuscripts, posters, and original art; ephemera, including the computer used in the production of the magazine; disks containing the print files for the magazine, outgoing correspondence, and other related data for both the magazine and anthology; and miscellaneous printed materials. The scope of the archive is comprehensive in that it contains all records and files of the magazine and anthology kept by Joel Rose and Catherine Texier, editors of the magazine. As much as possible, the editors' original organization of the material was preserved.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS:

Series 1: Correspondence and Business Files

Series 1 contains three boxes of business and correspondence related materials, including administrative and financial records, manuscripts and cover art, arranged alphabetically in keeping with the original order of the files as received.

Series 2: Production Files

Series 2 contains three boxes of production related materials for Between C & D.

Series 3: Complete set of Between C & D

Series 3 contains two boxes of Joel=s copy of the complete set of Between C & D with all variants.

Series 4: Anthology

Series 4 contains one box of materials relating to the Between C & D anthology, including manuscripts, the galley, author biographies, permissions, publicity, correspondence and contracts.

Series 5: Ephemera

Series 5 contains three boxes of Epson computer components, including the keyboard and monitor, and one box containing the floppy disks on which are located the print files for the magazine and anthology as well as back-up mailing lists, administrative forms, outgoing editorial correspondence and author biographies for the anthology, as well as two small gray boxes of stamp art used in the production of the magazine.

Series 6: Printed Material

Series 6 contains one box of miscellaneous printed materials arranged alphabetically. Included are various little magazines contemporaneous with Between C & D and often containing fiction by authors that appear in Between C & D.

Oversize: A flat oversize box at the end of the collection contains oversize materials from Series 1, 2 and 4.

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Arrangement

Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject/author heading within the correspondence and manuscript series. In other series, folders are essentially alphabetically arranged with some anomalies to accommodate the various material types contained therein. The series containing issues of the magazine are arranged chronologically.
The files are grouped into six series and further subdivided into subseries for oversized materials.
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Related Material at the Fales Library and Special Collections

Dennis Cooper Papers

The David Wojnarowicz Papers

The Downtown Collection

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Separated Material

Printed materials were removed and catalogued in the Downtown Collection. These items are listed in Bobcat. A local subject heading "Downtown Writers" was given to all materials in the collection as a means of retrieving all works about downtown New York

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Restrictions

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. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Director of Fales Library and Special Collections. For more information, contact
Fales Library and Special Collections
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012Phone: (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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Access Points

Subject Names:
Acker, Kathy, 1948-
Cardoni, Ed.
Cooper, Dennis, 1953-
Hughes, Holly.
Indiana, Gary.
Janowitz, Tama.
Larue, Monique.
McGrath, Patrick, 1950-
Olsen, Lance, 1956-
Pell, Derek.
Rose, Joel.
Schutt, Christine, 1948-
Silverberg, Ira.
Texier, Catherine.
Tillman, Lynne.
Wallace, David Foster.
Wojnarowicz, David.
Woodruff, Jay.
Subject Organizations:
Between C & D
Subject Topics:
American fiction--20th century.
American fiction--New York (State)--New York.
American literature--20th century.
Artists and community--United States.
Authors, American--20th century.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Literature, Experimental.
Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.
Small presses--New York (State)--New York.
Subject Places:
New York (State)--New York
Document Types:
Business records.
Correspondence.
Ephemera.
Floppy disks.
Magazines (periodicals)
Manuscripts for publication.
Manuscripts.
Posters.
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Administrative Information

Provenance

Purchased from Joel Rose and Catherine Texier in July of 1996, the printed materials were removed and cataloged in the Downtown Collection and are listed in BobCat (a special subject heading "Downtown Writers" was given to all materials in the collection as a means of retrieving all works about downtown New York). Archival materials were sorted into series and processed later. As much as possible, the editors' original organization of the material was preserved.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); The Between C & D archive; MSS 84; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections , New York University Libraries.

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Container List

 

Series I: Correspondence and Business Files

 

Subseries A:

Scope and Content:

Box Folder Title Date
1 1 Administration forms undated
1 2 Agents undated
1 3 Art work undated
1 4 Charities registration undated
1 5 Checks and deposit tickets undated
1 6 Computer undated
1 7 CCLM (Coordinating Council for Literary Magazines) undated
1 8 Copyright undated
1 9 Correspondence (Acker, Kathy) undated
1 10 Correspondence (Addonizio, Kim) undated
1 11 Correspondence (Ae - Al) undated
1 12 Correspondence (Amerika, Mark) undated
1 13 Correspondence (Ames - Bor) undated
1 14 Correspondence (Bourdain, Anthony) undated
1 15 Correspondence (Bow - Cam) undated
1 16 Correspondence (Cardoni, Ed) undated
1 17 Correspondence (Carf - Con) undated
1 18 Correspondence (Cooper, Dennis) undated
1 19 Correspondence (Cr - Fil) undated
1 20 Correspondence (Fisher, Steve) undated
1 21 Correspondence (Fl - Gl) undated
1 22 Correspondence (Golden, Mike) undated
1 23 Correspondence (Golds - Ha) undated
1 24 Correspondence (Hell, Richard) undated
1 25 Correspondence (Henricks-Mackerron, Denise) undated
1 26 Correspondence (Henry, Rick) undated
1 27 Correspondence (Ger - Ho) undated
1 28 Correspondence (Hughes, Holly) undated
1 29 Correspondence (I - Jak) undated
1 30 Correspondence (James, Darius) undated
1 31 Correspondence (Janowitz, Tama) undated
1 32 Correspondence (Jo - Kal) undated
1 33 Correspondence (Kasper, Michael) undated
1 34 Correspondence (Kat - Lam) undated
1 35 Correspondence (LaRue, Monique) undated
1 36 Correspondence (Lat - Len) undated
1 37 Correspondence (Leyner, Mark) undated
1 38 Correspondence (Li - Mi) undated
1 39 Correspondence (Molinaro, Ursule) undated
1 40 Correspondence (Mon - Mos) undated
1 41 Correspondence (Mueller, Marnie) undated
1 42 Correspondence (Mul - N) undated
1 43 Correspondence (Olsen, Lance) undated
1 44 Correspondence (Oli - Pea) undated
1 45 Correspondence (Pell, Derek) undated
1 46 Correspondence (Pelt - Pet) undated
1 47 Correspondence (Pintonelli, Deborah) undated
1 48 Correspondence (Pittore, Carlo) undated
1 49 Correspondence (Pl - Pose) undated
1 50 Correspondence (Posluszny, Joanne) undated
1 51 Correspondence (Post - Rom) undated
1 52 Correspondence (Rose, Al Israel) undated
1 53 Correspondence (Rosen - Ru) undated
1 54 Correspondence (S - Schl) undated
1 55 Correspondence (Schutt, Christine) undated
1 56 Correspondence (Schw - She) undated
1 57 Correspondence (Shields, David) undated
1 58 Correspondence (Shorto, Russell) undated
1 59 Correspondence (Siegle, Robert) undated
1 60 Correspondence (Silverberg, Ira) undated
1 61 Correspondence (Sim - Son) undated
1 62 Correspondence (Sostre, Mario) undated
1 63 Correspondence (Sp - Ta) undated
1 64 Correspondence (Teasly, Lisa) undated
1 65 Correspondence (The - Tho) undated
1 66 Correspondence (Tillman, Lynne) undated
1 67 Correspondence (To - V) undated
1 68 Correspondence (Wallace, David Foster) undated
1 69 Correspondence (Warren, C. J.) undated
1 70 Correspondence (Watson, Carl) undated
1 71 Correspondence (We - Wi) undated
1 72 Correspondence (Wojnarowicz, David) undated
1 73 Correspondence (Woodruff, Jay) undated
1 74 Correspondence (Woods - Wu) undated
1 75 Correspondence (Yourgrau, Barry) undated
1 76 Correspondence (Zinovich, Jordan) undated
1 77 Correspondence (Zivancevic, Nina) undated
1 78 Correspondence (hate mail) undated
1 79 Correspondence (outgoing) undated
1 80 Cover art (v.1, #1) undated
1 81 Cover art (v.1, #2) undated
1 82 Cover art (v.1, #3) undated
1 83 Cover art (v.2, #1) undated
1 84 Cover art (v.2, #2) undated
1 85 Cover art (v.2, #3) undated
1 86 Cover art (v.2, #4) undated
1 87 Cover art (v.3, #1) undated
1 88 Cover art (v.3, #2) undated
1 89 Cover art (v.3, #3) undated
1 90 Cover art (v.4, #2) undated
1 91 Cover art (v.4, #3) undated
1 92 Cover art (v.5, #1) undated
1 93 Cover art (v.5, #2) undated
1 94 Cover art (v.5, #3) undated
1 95 Cover art (v.6, #1) undated
Box Folder Title Date
2 96 Distribution/Distributors undated
2 97 Editorial correspondence undated
2 98 Epson computer (correspondence and information) undated
2 99 Epson computer (information) undated
2 100 Fliers undated
2 101 Hallwalls undated
2 102 Invoices undated
2 103 ISSN number undated
2 104 Ledger undated
2 105 Mailing lists undated
2 106 Manuscripts (Acker, Kathy) undated
2 107 Manuscripts (Aerenson, Benjie) undated
2 108 Manuscripts (Ahearn, Charlie) undated
2 109 Manuscripts (Ameen, Mark) undated
2 110 Manuscripts (Beach, Daytona) undated
2 111 Manuscripts (Bergon, Serge; Dupont, Jean-Michel; Delacorta) undated
2 112 Manuscripts (Blaushild, Lisa) undated
2 113 Manuscripts (Bourdain, Anthony) undated
2 114 Manuscripts (Cardoni, Ed) undated
2 115 Manuscripts (Carter, Emily) undated
2 116 Manuscripts (Cherches, Peter) undated
2 117 Manuscripts (Daitch, Susan) undated
2 118 Manuscripts (Delacorta) undated
2 119 Manuscripts (Fein, Cheri) undated
2 120 Manuscripts (Fisher, Steve) undated
2 121 Manuscripts (Golden, Mike) undated
2 122 Manuscripts (Henry, Rick) undated
2 123 Manuscripts (Homes, A. M.) undated
2 124 Manuscripts (Hughes, Holly) undated
2 125 Manuscripts (James, Kelvin Christopher) undated
2 126 Manuscripts (Kriegman, Mitchell) undated
2 127 Manuscripts (McFall, Lynne) undated
2 128 Manuscripts (Molinaro, Ursule) undated
2 129 Manuscripts (Morales, Ed) undated
2 130 Manuscripts (Reilly, Nancy O.) undated
2 131 Manuscripts (Raab, Scott) undated
2 132 Manuscripts (Richards, Elizabeth) undated
2 133 Manuscripts (Rose, Al Israel) undated
2 134 Manuscripts (Rose, Joel) undated
2 135 Manuscripts (Schutt, Christine) undated
2 136 Manuscripts (Shields, David) undated
2 137 Manuscripts (Stein, Sheri) undated
2 138 Manuscripts (Tattleman, Ira) undated
2 139 Manuscripts (Teasley, Lisa) undated
2 140 Manuscripts (Wojnarowicz, David) undated
2 141 Manuscripts (van Gogh, Theo) undated
2 142 Manuscripts (Wallace, David Foster) undated
2 143 Manuscripts (Zinovich, Jordan) undated
Box Folder Title Date
3 144 Miscellaneous undated
3 145 National Endowment for the Arts undated
3 146 New York Foundation for the Arts undated
3 147 NYSCA (New York State Council on the Arts) undated
3 148 Old ledger and documents undated
3 149 PEN American Center undated
3 150 Phone log undated
3 151 Poets & Writers/Coda undated
3 152 Press release/foreign publicity undated
3 153 Press release/national publicity undated
3 154 Proofreading symbols undated
3 155 Pushcart Prize undated
3 156 Reading mailing list undated
3 157 RJsumJs undated
3 158 Rising Star software undated
3 159 Small Press undated
3 160 Subscriptions (bookstore/business) undated
3 161 Subscriptions (misc.) undated
3 162 Subscription lists undated
3 163 Supplementary list of reviewers= names undated
3 164 Supplies undated
3 165 Taxes undated
3 166 Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts undated
 

Subseries B.

Scope and Content:

Oversize

Box Folder Title Date
1 (oversize) 1 Liston vs. Clay poster (1964) 1964

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Series II: Productions Files

Scope and Content:

Box Folder Title Date
1 1 v.1, #1 undated
1 2 v.1, #2 undated
1 3 v.1, #3; (v.1, #4 see oversize) undated
1 4 v.2, #1 undated
1 5 v.2, #1 undated
1 6 v.2, #2 undated
1 7 v.2, #2 undated
1 8 v.2, #2 undated
1 9 v.2, #3 undated
1 10 v.2, #3 undated
1 11 v.2, #3 undated
1 12 v.2, #3 undated
1 13 v.2, #4 undated
1 14 v.2, #4 undated
1 15 v.2, #4 undated
1 16 v.2, #4 undated
1 17 v.2, #4 undated
1 18 v.2, #4 undated
Box Folder Title Date
2 19 v.2, #4 undated
2 20 v.3, #1 undated
2 21 v.3, #1 undated
2 22 v.3, #2 undated
2 23 v.3, #2 undated
2 24 v.3, #2 undated
2 25 v.3, #2 undated
2 26 v.3, #3 undated
2 27 v.4, #1 undated
2 28 v.4, #2 undated
2 29 v.4, #3 undated
2 30 v.4, #3 undated
2 31 v.4, #3 undated
2 32 v.4, #3 undated
Box Folder Title Date
3 33 v.5, #1 undated
3 34 v.5, #2 undated
3 35 v.5, #2 undated
3 36 v.5, #2 undated
3 37 v.5, #3 undated
3 38 v.5, #3 undated
3 39 v.5, #3 undated
3 40 v.5, #3 undated
3 41 v.6, #1 undated
3 42 v.6, #1 undated

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Series III: Joel's Copy with All Variants

Scope and Content:

Box Folder Title Date
1 1 v.1, #1 undated
1 2 v.1, #2 undated
1 3 v.1, #3 undated
1 4 v.1, #3 undated
1 5 v.1, #4 undated
1 6 v.1, #4 undated
1 7 v.2, #1 undated
1 8 v.2, #1 undated
1 9 v.2, #2 undated
1 10 v.2, #3 undated
1 11 v.2, #4 undated
1 12 v.3, #1 undated
1 13 v.3, #1 undated
1 14 v.3, #2 undated
1 15 v.3, #3 undated
1 16 v.4, #1 undated
1 17 v.4, #2 undated
1 18 v.4, #3 undated
Box Folder Title Date
2 19 v.5, #1 undated
2 20 v.5, #2 21. v.5, #3 22. v.6, #1 undated

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Series IV: Anthology

 

Scope and Content:

Box Folder Title Date
1 1 Between C & D anthology and galley undated
1 2 Bios undated
1 3 Contract/royalty statements/proposal undated
1 4 Correspondence undated
1 5 Covers undated
1 6 Japanese edition undated
1 7 Manuscripts (A - F) undated
1 8 Manuscripts (G - P) undated
1 9 Manuscripts (R - Z) undated
1 10 Manuscript (Between C & D anthology) undated
1 11 Manuscript with editor=s notes undated
1 12 Permissions undated
1 13 Proof copies (uncorrected and with editor=s notes) undated
1 14 Publicity and readings undated
1 15 Title, contents, proposal introduction, and introduction undated
 

Subseries B: Oversize

Scope and Content:

Box Folder Title Date
2 1 Between C & D Anthology poster undated