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Small stapled booklet. Green paper, handwritten and drawn catalog of participants in an exhibition of matchbox art, held at "Five Towers Micro Hall" in Augustfehn, Germany, organized by Klaus Groh (see Folder: 714-5).

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US Letter sheet. Typewritten letter from Martha Wilson, executive director at Franklin Furnace, thanking Bakhchanyan for the donation of an issue of his periodical ARM NEWS, and asking for more copies to use in exhibitions. Hand-written note added by Steve Whitesell, archivist, informing Bakhchanyan that the hope to display his work in a show of Eastern European artists next year.

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Issue compiled by Guy Bleus. Perfect-bound book, 141pp. Contains texts exploring mail art etymologically and as object, and a retrospective of Commonpress issues by former and current coordinators Pawel Petasz and Gerald Jupitter-Larsen. Catalogue references 4 accompanying microfiches with 800 A4 pages of mail art by participants.

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Publication based in Brussels. 2 folded A4 sheets stapled together with integral address plate. Collage of text and image, also including mail art classifieds. A5 sheet enclosed. Survey asking for information regarding recipient's artistic activities.

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5 folded A4 sheets stapled together with integral address plate. Collage of text and image, also including mail art classifieds.

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Edited by Julien Blaine. 17 volumes from this collection have been cataloged separately. Consult the Hesburgh Libraries online catalog for location. Folder also includes a letter from Julien Blaine dated October 2, 1979. 

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Edited by Julien Blaine, perfect-bound book, 112pp. Anthology of collage art, visual poetry, and concrete poetry. Includes a text in French by E.F. Higgins, and works by a number of mail artists, including Bakhchanyan, Robin Crozier, Klaus Groh, and Jurgen O. Olbrich.

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Information from East to West, published in Cologne by Geza Perneczky.

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Cover ornamented with rubber statmps in purple ink: "lightworks", and winged envelope design. Rubber stamp in green ink: sender's return address. US Legal sheet enclosed. Glossy paper, catalog of available issues of lightworks art magazine. Card enclosed. Mail order form.

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Folder of orange card with zigzag cut edges. Textured silhouette of a figure standing in the middle of a large coiled snake on cover. Unbound booklet of loose mail art works in folder, compiled by Vittore Baroni (see Folder: 562). Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in red ink: "STAMPE". Rubber stamp in purple ink: sender's return address. Envelope was previously used by Anna Banana ("BANANA PRODUCTIONS" stamp visible, see Folder: 556-60), new address plate taped over top.

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US Letter comb-bound book. Edited by Bill Galgione (see Folder: 540). Notable contributors: Bakhchanyan, Bernard Banville, John M. Bennett, Guy Bleus, Buster Cleveland, Dadaland, Bill Gaglione, Jurgen O. Olbrich, Geza Perneczky, Private World, Carlo Pittore.

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Folded card. Newspaper style publication.

Scope and Contents Orange US Letter sheet with collage including text, eyes, and an infant in the womb. Sheet folded with unbound booklet of loose mail art works enclosed, compiled by M.B. Corbett (see Folder: 631). Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in green ink: "TENSETENDONED", sender's return address, "WE SERVE WE ABSORB", and a seated figure with 1 pantsless leg bound in medical chest strapping. Rubber stamp in red ink: circular seal sesign with "MAIL ART", placed as the head of the figure in green ink....

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Green US Letter sheet with collage including text and images. Sheet folded with unbound booklet of loose mail art works enclosed, compiled by M.B. Corbett (see Folder: 631). Cover ornamented with butterfly rubber stamp in green ink and sender's return address. Also included is a thank you note concerning Bakhchanyan's contribution to the project BEAUTIFUL dated February 10, 1993.

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Thirteen US Letter sheets stapled together, edited by Sheldon Polsky. Photocopied collage of newspaper articles and images, including mail art classifieds and mailing lists.

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Two copies of US Half-Letter saddle-stapled booklet. Catalogue of artists who sent work to the exhibition (listed in order of date received), with some reproductions of work, and a text by organizer Richard Meade. Venue of exhibition unknown. Cover ornamented with rubber stamp in blue ink: triangular seal design with stars and "Hollywood Data", "Documentation", and "R.A. Meade". Rubber stamp in purple ink: sender's return address.

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US Half-Letter folded booklet, unbound. Catalogue of participants in exhibition at Heller Gallery in Berkeley, California. Some reproductions of works, and text by organizers Helent Holt and Richard Zybert. Ran until November 2.

Scope and Contents Materials related to a travelling exhibition organized by the San Francisco Poster Brigade. US Letter sheet. Yellow paper, advertising Los Angeles showing November 7 1980 at SPARC Old Venice Jail Gallery, with text by Jack Hirschman from original San Francisco showing in October 1980. US Legal sheet. White paper, advertising New York showing July 31 1981 at Parsons School of Design, includes call for additional works, and satellite events to be in July. Text notes that the Tuscon showing...

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Green postcard. Call for submissions to "San Diego's First International Mail Art Exhibit", deadline listed as December 20 1980. Gallery actually in Vista, California (north of San Diego). Postcard addressed to Irene Bakhchanyan, not Vagrich. US Letter folded booklet, unbound. Catalogue of participants in exhibition, and text from organizer G. Arthur Hopkins. Date of exhibition unknown, but text mentions travel plans in March 1981, so likely in January or February 1981.

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A4 sheet. Call for submissions to exhibition in Paris, deadline January 15 1981. Inscription from Julien Blaine (see Folder: 568-9) in black marker.

Scope and Contents Materials related to high school mail art exhibition, funded by the National Education Association, and organised by Cracker Jack Kid (see Folder: 632-42). Cover with 1 enclosure. Cover ornamented with rubber stamps in red ink: "EXPRESS", oval seal design with horse and "PONY EXPRESS MAIL ART ROUTE", and sender's return address. 2 US Letter sheets stapled together enclosed. Typewritten letter in purple ink, call for submissions to the "TEACH" Mail Art Show running in conjunction with the 3rd...

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A4 sheet. Advertising mail art exhibition travelling to 3 London locations, and Lincoln in East Midlands. List of participants on reverse.

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US Letter sheet. List of participants in an exhibition organized by Valery Oisteanu. Date and location "CLUB-57" handwritten in pencil.

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Postcard. Flyer for a travelling exhibition organised by Gino Gini at La galleria Apollinaire in Milan. Rubber stamp in green ink: sender's return address. List of participants on reverse. Ran until June 26 1981. This is the 6th run of the exhibition (see Folder: 959).

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Postcard. Call for submissions to a mail art exhibition in Fribourg, Switzerland, organised by the Publications Center of Neoist Research in Montreal. Deadline Oct 23 1981, date of show unknown.

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Two A4 sheets. Flyer and details for event organized by NRA Shakespeare International in Paris.

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Bifolium with integral address plate. Flyer for a travelling exhibition organized by Gino Gini, from January 23-31 1982 at the Laboratorio Artivisive (laborator of visual arts) in Foggia. List of participants inside. This is the 7th run of the exhibition (see Folder: 959).

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A4 sheet enclosed. List of participats in the exhibition at the Centre George Pompidou in Paris opening February 24 1982. Card enclosed. Flyer advertising the same exhibition travelling to the Villa Imperiale in San Fruttuoso, Italy, on May 14 1982.

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Postcard requesting postcards for a mail art exhibition in Cremlingen, Germany, organized by Bernd Löbach. No deadline or exhibition date given.

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Postcard. Call for submissions. US Letter stapled booklet. Catalog of exhibition that ran April 13-23 at the A. Montgomery Ward Gallery at the University of Illinois. Includes critical texts, reproductions of works, and list of participants. "This is an explicit catalog" handwritten on front in black ink. Exhibition funded in part by Illinois Arts Council.