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Ari J. Kane Papers, 1976-2016
14.5 Linear Feet — 29 manuscript boxes
This collection documents the activities of Ari J. Kane, who founded Fantasia Fair and the Outreach Institute for Gender Studies (OIGS), and was a sex and gender studies therapist and educator. The collection contains personal materials such as correspondence, research materials, educational presentations created by Kane, and other miscellaneous materials from Kane's involvement in the LGBT community.
It also contains materials documenting the OIGS, such as organizational correspondence; financial records; board of directors meeting minutes; endeavors with organizational support such as the Gender Attitude Reassessment Program (GARP), Fantasia Fair, and the Journal of Gender Studies; publications created by and collected by the OIGS; and miscellaneous promotional materials and flyers. Gender Attitude Reassessment Program materials consist of drafts; research materials; workshop proposals, exercise handouts, and transparencies; correspondence; and a completed manuscript. Fantasia Fair materials consist of event programs, member lists, correspondence, planning notes, newsletters, and flyers. Journal of Gender Studies materials consist of issue proofs, submissions and content to be published, flyers, and mailing lists.
The Educational Institute for Sex and Gender Diversity (EISGD) is also documented in the collection. The EISGD is an offshoot of the Outreach Institute for Gender Studies that formed around 2001-2002. These materials contain organizational correspondence and records such as meeting minutes, expense reports, brochures, and flyers.
The Conferences and Events series contains materials relating to events that Kane was a part of, as well as conferences she presented at or attended. The GAYLA subseries consists of event programs, correspondence, photographs, newsletters, member lists, and planning notes. GAYLA is an annual summer event for gay men held at Ferry Beach, Maine. The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) subseries contains conference event programs, presentation proposals and submissions, correspondence, workshop materials, research articles, and AASECT publications. Most of the materials in this subseries relate to Dave Prok, a longtime board member of OIGS and EISGD and professor at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio. Prok served as a conference proposal abstract reviewer for AASECT. The Easton Mountain subseries contains brochures, event programs, notes, newsletters, and materials relating to Gay Spirit Camp and the Maturing Gay Man series of workshops. Easton Mountain is a retreat in upstate New York. Ari J. Kane and Dave Prok collaborated on a workshop for aging gay men called the Maturing Gay Man that they presented at Easton Mountain. The Various Conferences subseries contains event programs, invitations, correspondence, proposals, and presentations from many different events.
The Photographs series consists of photographic prints and photograph albums. The photograph albums depict Fantasia Fair and GAYLA events. The photographic prints depict various events such as Fantasia Fair; GAYLA; Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists conferences; parties and celebrations; and various travels around the United States. People depicted in the photographs include Ari J. Kane, Jane Peabody, Carole Mayfield aka Dick Arms, Bob Cowart, Winnie Brant, Ron Roy, and Candy Scott, among others. The photographs remain in original order.
The Audiovisual Material series consists of VHS tapes, cassette tapes, floppy disks, and compact discs containing media from Fantasia Fair 1994 and 1996, The Sissy Show, the Gender Attitude Reassessment Program.
Arnold Schönberg Letters from Notable Musicians, 1901-1951
.25 Linear Feet (One half-manuscript box)
The Schönberg papers consist of correspondence written to Schönberg from fellow composers, musicians and friends. Correspondents include the conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, Austrian conductor Heinrich Jalowetz, the Franco-Polish composer and conductor René Leibowitz, the writer Klaus Mann, the pianist Artur Schnabel, and the American cellist and conductor Alfred Wallenstein. The correspondence is in German, French and English. In addition to this finding aid, the Special Collections Library holds a more extensive inventory of the papers.
Arthur Lowell Papers, 1899-1901
1 folders (one folder in a manuscript box with other single-folder collections)
Corporal Arthur J. Lowell, Company "D", 35th Infantry, U.S. Army, wrote these ten letters to Iva Hutchinson between February 14, 1900 and January 10, 1901. Lowell writes of going into the mountains to "clear out insurectos," the number of dead and captured, the use of water torture on Filipino prisoners, eating bats, his plan to translate into English the history of the Philippines that had been written on shells, the upcoming U.S. Presidential election, and a continuous thread concerning when he would be returning home. Also included are two letters from Will Hutchinson to his sister Iva Hutchinson. These are dated September 8, 1899 and May 27, 1900.
Articles 1907-2002 and undated
The Articles series, the largest series in this collection, contains writings about roundabouts, traffic signals (including stop and yield signs), pedestrian safety, and right-of-way priority. Also included are sub-series dedicated to traffic regulations in various countries. Notable in the United Kingdom sub-series is a large engineering diagram of the "Magic Roundabout" located in Swindon.
Artists and poets: correspondence, writings, and ephemera
The activities of Ken and Ann Mikolowski and their Alternative Press created a sense of community among the artists whose work the Press distributed. The Artists and Poets Series illustrates this high degree of connection between and among the artists.
This series is the largest of the collection, taking up 14 linear feet. The largest sub-series consists of correspondence from the Mikolowskis' close friends such as Donna Brook, Morgan Blair (Faye Kicknosway), Kenward Elmslie and Sue Pickard. Of the numerous correspondents, some of particular note are Robert Bly, Andrei Codrescu, Robert Creely, Allen Ginsburg, Donald Hall, Anselm Hollo, Bradley Jones, Norman Mailer, Ron Padgett, Robert Sestok, John Sinclair, Patricia Söderberg and Anne Waldman. By far the most voluminous is the Jim Gustafson sub-series, which includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, printed materials, writings, and ephemera.
The variety of materials in this series reflects that there was little distinction between business and friendship. Propositions for collaboration and event announcements are intermingled with family photos and birth announcements. The correspondence is often accompanied by original poems that were created for potential poetry postcards or bookmarks. Some artists and presses, such as the Cold Mountain Press of Austin, Texas also sent their own poetry postcards to the Alternative Press. Other notable items in the series include: Hanuman Press material; press clippings for poetry readings and exhibits openings; longtime Detroit sportswriter Joe Falls' unpublished mystery novel Supreme Justice ; Detroit poet Judith Goren's piece "Detroit Suburb, 1967" about the Detroit Riots/Rebellion; and a position paper by writer Clayton Eshleman.
The vibrancy of the artistic life of the Cass Corridor and the place of Wayne State University in the community is well-reflected in this series. The turbulent social and political climate of the United States in the 1970s and 1980s is also central to much of the material in the Artists and Poets series, from John Sinclair's correspondence from jail, to Vietnam protest material, to the Urbations' performance schedules.
Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) Collection, 1962-2000
14 Linear Feet (14 record center boxes)
The collection offers a picture of information management systems in a period of increasing computerization and shows how business and parts of the US government studied and used information management technologies. It consists primarily of binders, marketing and informational material, and typed reports, but it also contains some A/V material.
Aubrey Haan Papers, 1909-1951 and Undated
0.5 Linear Feet (One manuscript box)
Papers accumulated by Aubrey Haan regarding the life and execution of Joe Hill, a folk-singer and labor union representative who was killed in Utah in 1915. Materials include correspondence, book manuscripts, and trial materials from Hill's trial.
The Correspondence Series spans 1940-1951, and much of Haan's general correspondence is with his wife, as well as with publishers regarding Haan's attempts to publish his Joe Hill manuscripts. Other correspondents include Constantine and Virginia Filigno, with whom Haan spoke regarding Hill's trial and execution. Constantine was a leader of the Industrial Workers of the World during the 1940s, while Virginia was a strong advocate for Hill's innocence. Also included are several letters with Agnes Inglis of the University of Michigan Labadie Collection.
The Research Materials Series includes materials used by Haan for his biography on Hill. Included are copies of news articles about Hill and his execution, obituaries, and trial proceeding documents, including a trial transcript.
The Manuscripts Series contains two book manuscripts one for Haan's "Pie in the Sky," and another untitled. The "Pie in the Sky" manuscript includes handwritten notes and edits.