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Series II. Works

[N.B. ehsf=Everyone Has Sher Favorite]

Box Contents
37 A-E
Folder of bio-bibliography, articles about Higgins, conversations with publisher.
abstand zum abstand veb; in ehsf
Alan Sondheim and the Knee-Jerk School of Criticism
ms, corresp. to Charles Bernstein and Kostelanetz
the answer; in Clown War
Anti-Tenure campaign
Appearances and Disappearances; in ehsf
assignments; in Something Else Yearbook
The Autobiography of the Moon (see also Series IV, Box 65)
Bande Cordier's Circular Canon
two copies of Ear Magazine 3, no.6 (Sept/Oct 1977)
being in a corner of a corner; in Clown War
Boris Blastoffs last dance; in Modular Poems
Carmen
Cat Alley
ms, book, corresp.
Catastrophe; in New Poems
Celestials
for Bengt af Klintberg
Cent mots des clohes a noixes; in Borbarigmi
City with all the Angles (see also Series IV, Box 43)
Cito's song
Classic Plays
a comedy
Conceptual Forks; in Ear Magazine
Consellation #11; in Poems, Plain & Fancy
A Dance for Maureen Conner; in ehsf
Death and the nickle cigar
Dé-coll/age (magazine)
No.2 (Nov. 1962) with dh's "The Broadway Opera, " also letter from Jon Hendricks
Deep summer together poem (killed project, but in ehsf)
corresp., mss, galley, repros, 2nd issue of Mouth of the Dragon
Design plays (1960)
mss and copyright requests
A Dialectic of Centuries; see "Intermedia, " Box 39
Dice to decimal correspondences
includes Dice Decimal Correspondence chart with dh note, "used for performing chance operations on texts using dice"
"Distributing Books"
mss (essay); in unreleased Something Else Newsletter 1, no.7 (1973)
ducks tails shaking; in ehsf
"Employment questionnaire"
An Encyclopedia of Poetry; in Unmuzzled Ox
the ephitaphs
mss, corresp., 2 photos of the 1977 Naples exhibition and one photo of ceramic work
Epikall Quest
original ms
Everyone has Sher Favorite (His or Hers)
ms and cover proof (see also *Box 81, for cover art).
Exemplative Manifesto
mss "Exemplative Works of Art, " corresp., production, mss partial, see "2 essays written on May 16, 1976, " in next folder and Mac Low corresp., Box 20, for interesting dialogue about this work (see also Box 47B for title neg.)
Exemplative Works of Art; in Dialectic of Centuries
38 F-H
"Fight"
Five Myths of Postmodernism
3 mss, with corrections by Billy Name, Harry Polkinhorn and Lisa Null, first draft and final version of ms, corresp.
Five Traditions of Art History, an Essay
poster
Fluxus: Theory and Reception
corresp. includes ms comments by Ann Williams, Knowles and Ken Friedman., and mss
Foew
visual material
For Eugene in Germany
corresp., mss, bound proofs with cover and corrections, cover art
For Kathy K_ _ _ _; in ehsf (K=Kohler)
Four Dangers, a Structure and a Symphony
fourteen considerations
for Wieland Schmeid
Fourth of July Variations
corresp. (one letter, no ms)
French Revolution, 1955
early happening, typescript of prop list
Friend, what's going on here?; in ehsf
George Herbert's Pattern Poems
in their Tradition: mss (master's thesis) and bibliography (see also Series III, Box 45, for production material)
Gilles; in ehsf
glasslass
poster
Great Meat Boycott
mss and newsletter in which published
Happytime the Medicine Man; see also Series III, Box 65
his and hers; in ehsf
History of Art; in ehsf
History of Fluxus
Horizons (essay)
corresp., mss.
Horizons: The Poetics and Theory; see also Series III, Box 50
Hymn; in ehsf, no mss, empty folder
39 I-O
I wonder if these are my laster pieces
In the context of shoes
Innovation ("original in Dialectic of Centuries box"); became a Something Else Newsletter
Intermedia: Notes toward the art of the 70's
w/letter to Dr. Jutta Siegurd-Schultze, 1980 (became Dialectic of Centuries)
"it could be you too"; in ehsf, corresp.
Johnny, Are You Frightened of your dreams?
(part of 7.7.73 cycle and in Modular Poems), mss, notes by dh, corresp.
jolie julie est ma mimou: poem and brush drawing; in ehsf
The journey: eight colored scenes
dupe ms.
Just who knows what; (1964)
Juvenilia
two issues of Horae Scholasticae, literary magazine at St. Pauls with work by dh
Leather jacket vaudeville; in ehsf
Legends and Fishnets; see also Series III, Box 44
Letters to the editors, 1976-92 (various)
includes copy of Lotta Poetica 15-16 (Aug-Sept 1972)
levels; in Roof magazine
The Köln Fluxus and Happenings Show
life; in ehsf
life on his wife's casting couch: in Some Recent Snowflakes, paste-up, proof, type galley
life and times of the croissant: in Epickall Quest, mss, 3 letters re. Len Fulton and Keith Waldrop, publisher of Burning Deck
The Limitations of Distribution
love song for straights; in ehsf
lyronic: no binding permitted poem, corresp. (1), notes
The Madonna on the rocks
film scenerio (1 pg)
many mirrors for Gertrude Stein
proofs (fragile, has been conserved)
Martin (movie script); in ehsf
Mediocracy: getting the arts past the 1980's
mice all over the place
mss with specs for typesetting
Milwaukee poem; in ehsf, "creamcity review"
modern times
in ehsf, mss, corresp., notes
modular poems; see also Series III, Box 44
More Danger and Fur Poems to be Performed
moving; in ehsf
The Musical Wig
the nature of fish; in ehsf
A New Novel About Sypholoon Endestuary
Ken Friedman's commentary; dh letter to Friedman (no ms)
1959/60
1968 started very strangely
Non-Performance Pieces (1968)
mss of prose poems
Novalis: Hymns to the Night
corresp (with Bruce McPherson of Treacle Press, publisher of this book, trans. by dh), part of ms trans. with letter to Ken Elmslie, 8 Aug 76, re: section i, mss sections ii-vi
Ode to London
several copies printed on mylar (1967)
Of Celebration of Morning
partial mss, arranged by worlds (see Series III for full production material)
Of the Autogogs and the gowns
mss essay "to be in Epickall Quest"
On Doing too Much
for Dialectic of Centuries, 1977, mss, two copies
100 Plays
printed mss
40 P-S
Pattern Poetry
Guide to an Unknown Literature; See also Series III, Boxes 58-61
The Pendulum
A Penny for your thoughts, aka Penny Piece
in Avalanch, corresp. (3), dh description of this performance piece; reference to photos (not in folder)
Le Petit Cirque au fin du Monde
copy of Aarevue #50/51 (Jan-Feb 1973)
Pleasures of life or . . .; in Modular Poems
Poem from or for Bern Porter
in ehsf (bp 30 vii 76), along with Bern Porter's "The Erotikon Contributions"
Poetry of John Cage
corresp. only, no ms
Portrait of a Woman
in ehsf, poem, dh notes, variations
Post-Cognitive Era
essay (original folder has note "acquired for Ben Pattersen 1978") (3) mss, corresp.
Post-modern performance; in Performance by Artists, 1979
Printing songs (#1-11)
Private Illuminations
Protest piece
directions for a performance, one sheet
A p.s. for Steve McCaffery
two sheets
put differently another secratic question for Mike Belt
in ehsf, also includes ms entitled "Another secratic question for Mike Belt"
red dog (Roter Hund)
in ehsf, corresp, notes, mss in English and German
Reviews by dh "Three Worlds Three Women" in Contact II 2, no. 1 (Nov/Dec 1978) and typescript of "Teaching & Learning as Performing Arts" and "Coo-less Haiku" (M.J. Phillips' haikus in News Art), clipping, n.d.
Saint Joan at Beaurevoir
performance script (1960), flyer, mss, typescript, mss (1959) with explanation of use of slides in performance
sandals and stars
Kurt Schwitters
trans. by dh, poem, essay, Francis Picabia poem trans.
Selected early works
production corresp. (see also Series III Poems, Plain & Fancy)
Seven Stars for Professors
Six Concretions
6 invitations for Piano & Pianist
mss (one sheet), dh notes
six trivial reflections (1977)
six copies mss
The Sixties
two letters, no mss
Snake in the Grass
snowflake
an impromptu
So; in Asylum v.6, no.2 (Sept 1990)
some clouds for asriel
Some Graphis Mirrors
(a Threadneedle booklet) graphics with text, 1967
some poetry intermedia
poster
Some recent snowflakes
ms (with specs)
something borrowed (1974)
Something Else Newsletter: vol.1, nos.1-12; vol.2, nos.1-8; vol.3, nos.2-3; misc. book order forms, Camille's Reports nos. 1-3, SE newscard nos. 1-9
Song, "a little sparkling moment"
Song, "is round six"
Song (Graphis 192b) for any voices(s) and instrument(s)
three copies mss, some repros, corresp. with Andrew Bogle, Auckland City Art Gallery re: "Chance in Art" show and 10th anniversary issue of EAR where it was published
Sonnet: "Of Barton winds my breath is made"
mss, corresp, clippings, holograph versions of poem
Spring Game: an opera for shadow puppets
ms, proofs, corresp.
spring person
Started very strangely
strange fellows, or Dr. Daffy's Greek lover
Structure
Styles in Cognitivism
essay (note on folder, "see also Two Essays Written on May 16, 1976"), two copies
Suggested activities (i-vi)
Summer Music
Symmetry
poem, one letter
Symphony No. 1007
one sheet
41 T-Z
Tamerlane's Darugar and Timurtas's Silence (pattern poem/graphic)
The Tart, or Miss America; in Jefferson's Birthday
Teaching at Cal Arts
in three parts (part Yeni, part Lingam, and Climax) mss for parts 1-2, corresp. (2), clippings for LA Free Press 1, 2, 3
10.5155.20: art contemporain
issue no.5 guest edited by dh and Karl Kempton, corresp., illus., mss
This one's for Tony
flyer for a happening, n.d., Newhall, CA
Three movements of wheels
directions for making and drawing a music wheel machine, 1959 on original folder
Three Paradies of my own Styles; Epickall Quest
3 reflections on Post-Structuralism
(made into postcards) mss, holograph versions, typesetting
Three Things by Dick Higgins
To Analyze the Process
to gather together #10; composed for a collective piano piece originally by Daniele Lombardi
to my brother and sister english teachers
Towards an Allusive Referential
mss (for Dialectic of Centuries) two copies
To whom it may concern
28 things to think about; became graphic with Conz
twenty six parallels to the english alphabet
2 Essays written on May 16, 1976
both in Dialectic of Centuries, mss (typescript), Styles in Cognitivism, Exemplative Works of Art, one letter
Two Hundred and Sixteen Basic Cuing Situations
2 insincerities
two letters (dh to David Wilk, Wilk to dh re: publishing it
2 things about the woods; in ehsf
Underpiece/Overpiece
in Horizons, typescript mss, corresp., holograph outline summary
untitled 9/23/71 ("AHA - - -")
one sheet
untitled 2/4/77 ("vain man/"); in ehsf
waiting for a friend
in Some Recent Snowflakes, two mss (typescript) versions
waltz macabre; in ehsf
wedding bells in 100 words (see also French version Cent mots . . . [1970]); in Poems, Plain & Fancy
What the Theater Can Be
winter music; in ehsf
words are mirrors; in Some Recent Snowflakes
Yankee: two letters; in Intersection
You're in the news today: a proposed environment; in ehsf
Rejected works A-Z
bell song
Child's History of Grown-Ups
Concerto for Politics
Dada and Berlin
Declaration of Independence (for NESPA)
de perfide
mss, corresp. (4 letters)
down
East Hampton: or The Private Life of the Pudgies; see Susan Thompson file in Series I
ebb tide: a musical hörspiel (performed at Poughkeepsie)
mss, notes, production corresp., issues of The Poultry Times used for research
end of something: mss, corresp.
an essay on names
Figures in front of a curtain: Leonora Carrington: corresp., mss, catalog of 1976 retrospective exhibition at Univ. of Texas, Austin
friends
happy birthday of the chross
Inventing our back pages
the last supper (without jesus)
a legendary situation: mss, corresp. (1)
May 20
Newface
mss, corrected copy, notes (portions published in New Lazarus Review 3/4 (1980)
Nowboy Song
An open letter to Livingston Biddle
mss, corresp. (2)
Please write a second stanza
portrait of Shelley
The Prodigal Son: mss, corresp.
rein de rein, les deux vols
the rose triangles
A Self-referential Sonnet
snowflake with pierrot
The Spoken Pause: An Essay for Alison
Suburban Fashions
Teleology
Thesis Pesis
to be made into a song and be sung by Mike Bolt
transformed for Richard
transformed him
untitled 2/14/77 ("bold told - - -')
A valentine for valentines: mss, holograph version, one letter
Variation on a theme by freifeld
what-a-day-ing
winter song: mss, corresp.
without resistance
Women and Composition, an Outsider's View: mss, corresp.
Journals
Journal 1 (1966)
bound holograph with inserts, poems, notes, etc.
Journal (August 1973, Berlin)
poems, notes, etc.

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