Abattoir Editions Collection
Scope and Contents
The Abattoir Editions Collection comprises the correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, forms, and other papers relating to the books published by the small letterpress Abattoir Editions, in Omaha, Nebraska. Materials are arranged by the name of the author whose work was published in Abattoir Editions, with notes in the inventory list as to the types of material available for that particular author (correspondence, proofs, manuscript, etc.).
New material added 2016-02-22: Photoengraved blocks and book illustrations for six books published by Abattoir Editions. The books are: Weaving the Sheets, Denise Brady, artist, Judith Root, author; The Ceremony, Weldon Kees, artist and author; Waiting in the Bone and Other Poems, Keith Achepohl, artist, Radcliffe Squires, author; A Thousand Little Things and Other Poems, Keith Achepohl, artist, Norman Dubie, author; "Fourteen Weeds," Keith Achepohl, artist and author; The House That Jack Built or A Portrait of the Artist as a Sad Sensualist, James Brunot, artist, John Logan, author. One folder contains art proofs by Harry Duncan. The addition also contains proof pages for ten books published between 1975 and 1983.
New material added 2021-09-27: Correspondence received by Abattoir Editions predominantly from authors during the years the press was managed by Bonnie O'Connell, 1988-1999.
Abattoir Editions Collection Folder List
A - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Achepohl, Keith - Book Illustrator correspondence
Agner, Dwight correspondence
Allen, Lewis, & Dorothy - Printers correspondence
Andrews, Nelson, Whitehead - Paper Vendor correspondence
Antin, Charles - Grolier Club Exhibit correspondence, copies
April House - Publisher correspondence
B - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Baker, Anthony - Gruffyground Press correspondence
Berg, Stephen - O I’m A Human Being manuscript
Berg, Stephen - First Song: Bankei: 1653 manuscript
Berg, Stephen - Sea Ice proofs
Berger, Sid correspondence
Berlinger, Harold - Printer correspondence
Blumenthal, Barb - Printer - Publisher correspondence
Blumenthal, Joseph correspondence
Bobb, Ralph - A Voyage To Cythera proofs, manuscript
Bolton, Joe - Days of Summer Gone correspondence, manuscript
Bond, Harold copies, correspondence
Brook, Stephen - Journalist correspondence
Brown, Catherine correspondence
Brunot, Jim correspondence
C - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Campbell - Logan Bindery correspondence, forms
Carter, Will - Publisher correspondence
Cave, Roderick - Publisher correspondence
Chapdu, Mary Ellen - Binder correspondence
Clark, Walter correspondence
Clark, Walter - View From Mount Paugus manuscript
Clark, Walter - View From Mount Paugus 2 proofs, correspondence
Coffin, Lyn correspondence
Coffin, Lyn - Human Trappings manuscript
Copyright Office correspondence, forms
Cummington correspondence
D - Misc. Correspondence correspondence, forms
Davis, Glover correspondence
Davis, Glover - August Fires manuscript
Denham, Robert D. correspondence
Di Piero, W. S. correspondence, postcard
Di Pierro, W. S. - The First Hour manuscript, proofs
Dilsaver, Paul postcards, correspondence, manuscript
Dilsaver, Paul - Malignant Blues manuscript, proofs
Dilsaver, Paul - Sequence, Sometimes… manuscripts, correspondence
Dubie, Norman correspondence
Dubie, Norman - A Thousand Little Things manuscript, proofs
Duensing, Paul Hayden - Typefounder correspondence
Duggin, Richard correspondence
E - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Edelstein, J. M. - Bibliographer correspondence, copies
Efrid, Susan correspondence
Efrid, Susan - The Eye of Heaven manuscript
Efrid, Susan - By the Rivers of Babylon manuscript
Efrid Susan - The Eye of Heaven 2 manuscript
F - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Farrell, David correspondence, copies
Fine, Ruth correspondence, copies, catalogue
56a. Fine, Ruth Francis Golffing, Collected Poems –
proofs, correspondence, linocuts.
Fine Print - Kirschenbaum, Gentry, etc. correspondence, postcards
Flamer, Richard correspondence, forms
Fredericks, Claude correspondence
G - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Gaines, William - Dean of Acad. Affairs, UNO correspondence
Gallo, Phillip correspondence
Gallo, Phillip - A Printer’s Dozen manuscript
Gallo, Phillip - Some Roses manuscript
Garfinkel, Herbert - Vice Chancellor, UNO correspondence, article
Ghiselin, Brewster correspondence
Ghiselin, Brewster - Light manuscript, proofs
Gioia, Dana correspondence
Goldersohn, Barry correspondence
Goldstein, Larry correspondence
Goldstein, Laurence - Altamira manuscript, proofs
Golffing, Francis & Barbara Gibbs correspondence
Golffing, Francis - Collected Poems proofs
Greer, Jane - Bathsheba On the Third Day manuscript
Grinnell College - Misc. correspondence
Gullans, Charles correspondence, proofs
Gullans, Charles - The Bright Universe correspondence, manuscript
Gunn, Thom correspondence
H - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Hagstrom, Jack - Collector correspondence, copies
Hahn, Robert correspondence
Hahn, Robert - One More Time proofs
Hahn, Robert - Routine Risks manuscript
Hamady, Walter - Printer photograph, correspondence
Heyen, William correspondence
Heyen, William - Of Palestine: A Meditation manuscript
Hoiby, Lee - Composer correspondence
Hollander, John correspondence
Hollander, John - In Place manuscript, proofs
Homer, Art correspondence
Howard, Ben correspondence
Howard, Benjamin - Father of Waters manuscript, proofs
Howard, Ben - Northern Interior manuscript, proofs
Howard, Richard correspondence
Howes, Barbara correspondence
Hoyem, Andrew - Printer correspondence
I - Misc. Correspondence correspondence, forms
J - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Justice, Donald correspondence
K - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Kees, Weldon - The Ceremony… manuscript
Kelley, Helen C. correspondence
Kentucky, University correspondence
Knoll, Robert - Kees Scholar, UNL correspondence, essays
Knox, Hugh correspondence
Knox, Hugh - The Queen of Snakes manuscript
Kroll, Ernest correspondence
Kostelanetz, Richard correspondence
Kuzma, Greg correspondence
Kuzma, Greg - A Day In the World manuscript
Kuzma, Greg - For My Brother manuscript
Kuzma, Greg - The Misery Room manuscript
Kuzma, Jeff - Working Drawings drawings
L - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
LaBrie, Hank - Student correspondence
Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut- Bibliographer correspondence
Lesser, Rike correspondence
Lesser, Rika - Rilke manuscript, proofs
Lester-Massman, Gordon correspondence
Liberman, Mike correspondence
Logan, John correspondence
Logan, John - The House That Jack Built manuscript, proofs
Logan, William correspondence
Los Angeles Typefoundry correspondence, forms
M - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Marcus, Stanley - Retailer correspondence
Marks, S. J. correspondence
Martin, Charles correspondence
Martin, Charles - Passages From Friday manuscript
Martin, Charles - The Poems of Catullus manuscript
Martin, Charles - The Poems of Catullus 2 manuscript
Mattson, Frank - Rare Book Librarian correspondence
Matheson, William, Library of Congress correspondence
Mayo, E. L. correspondence
McKernan, John correspondence
McCurdy, Mike - Publisher, Artist correspondence
McCurdy, Harold Grier - Bagatelles manuscript, proofs
McCleery, Nancy - Staving the Winter manuscript, proofs
Merker, Kim - Printer correspondence
Merrill, James correspondence
Moore, Robert - Dean, Fine Arts, UNO correspondence
Morgan, Fred correspondence
Moser, Barry - Artist correspondence, prints, forms
N - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
National Endowment for the Arts correspondence, forms, copies
Nebraska Arts Council correspondence, forms, copies
O - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
O’Connell, Bonnie - Printer correspondence
Parrot, Gray - Bookbinder correspondence
P - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Pascoe, Juan - Printer correspondence
Peich, Michael A. correspondence
Personnel Matters correspondence, forms
Powers, Kevin correspondence
Quinn, John correspondence
R - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Richmond, Mary - Librarian correspondence, copies
Ridland, John correspondence
Ridland, John - The Amble manuscript
Ridland, John - In The Shadowless Light proofs
Ritchie, Ward correspondence
Root, Judith correspondence
Ross, Bob correspondence
Ross, Bob - Solitary Confinement proofs
Rummonds, Richard-Gabriel - Publisher correspondence
S - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Sayre, Connie - Binder correspondence
Schwerner, Armand correspondence, manuscript
Schwerner, Armand - Bacchae Sonnets manuscript, proofs
Shapiro, Harvey correspondence
Sitter, Jim - Distributor correspondence
Slesinger, Warren correspondence, forms
Smith, William Jay correspondence, proofs
Smyth, Paul correspondence
Smyth, Paul - Thistles and Thorns proofs
Squires, Radcliffe correspondence
Squires, Radcliffe - Waiting In the Bone manuscript
Squires, Radcliffe - Waiting In the Bone 2 proofs
Stanford, Don - Editor correspondence
Stanford, Donald ed. - The Selected Poems… manuscript, proofs
Stanford, Donald ed. - The Selected Poems… manuscript, copies
Steele, Timothy correspondence
Stern, Gerald correspondence
Stern, Gerald - The Naming of the Beast proofs
T - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Tate, Allen correspondence
Taylor, Tom - Publisher correspondence, copies
Thayer, Lee correspondence, forms
Thompson, Marilyn correspondence
Thompson, Marilyn - The Origins of Speech manuscript
Thompson, Marilyn - The Origins of Speech 2 manuscript
Thompson, Tom - Illustrator correspondence
Trissel, Jim - Illustrator prints, correspondence
V - Misc. Correspondence correspondence, forms
Vas Dias, Robert correspondence
Vas Dias, Robert - ODE manuscript, proofs
W - Misc. Correspondence correspondence, forms
Walendar, Robert correspondence
Weingarten, Roger correspondence
Weingarten, Roger - What Are Birds Worth proofs
Werner, Arno - Bookbinder
West, Kathlene - Author, Printer correspondence
Whye, Mike correspondence, manuscript
Wilbur, Richard - Poet Laureate correspondence, manuscript
Wilson, Adrian - Publisher, Author correspondence
Wright, John correspondence
Wright, John - Poems and Woodcuts manuscript
Wyatt, David correspondence
Wynne, Marjorie Gray - Librarian correspondence
X - Y - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Z - Misc. Correspondence correspondence
Dates
- circa 1972-1999
Creator
- Abattoir Editions (Creator, Organization)
- Duncan, Harry (Creator, Person)
- Brady, Denise E. (Creator, Person)
- Achepohl, Keith (Creator, Person)
- O'Connell, Bonnie P. (Creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
The Conditions Governing Access policy of UNO Libraries' Archives and Special Collections is available at https://www.unomaha.edu/criss-library/about-us/library-policies/archives-policies.php.
Conditions Governing Use
The Conditions Governing Use policy of UNO Libraries' Archives and Special Collections is available at https://www.unomaha.edu/criss-library/about-us/library-policies/archives-policies.php.
Extent
7.27 Cubic Feet (15 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Folders arranged alphabetically by last name.
New material added after 2014 not yet arranged or described.
Custodial History
Materials were donated to the Criss Library by Harry Duncan, founder of Abattoir Editions, prior to 1997.
New material added 2016-02-22: Material was stored in the book arts lab in the Weber Fine Arts Building prior to being transferred to the Criss Library by Bonnie O'Connell.
New material added 2021-09-27: Stored in the book arts lab for an unknown period of time before being transferred to Archives and Special Collections by Chelsea Herman. Received on September 27, 2021, by Claire Du Laney and Amy Schindler.
General
The Statement on Harmful Materials of UNO Libraries' Archives and Special Collections is available at https://www.unomaha.edu/criss-library/about-us/library-policies/archives-policies.php.
Processing Information
Processed by Criss Library staff prior to 2014. New materials received after 2014 have not yet been processed.
- Abattoir Editions
- Letterpress printing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Printing -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Special Collections Fine Arts Press Collection Subject Source: Local sources
- correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- galley proofs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- manuscripts (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- records (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- wood blocks (printing blocks) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- wood engravings (prints) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Source
- Duncan, Harry (Donor, Person)
- O'Connell, Bonnie P. (Donor, Person)
- Herman, Chelsea (Person)
- Title
- Abattoir Editions Collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Angela Kroeger, Claire Du Laney, Amy Schindler
- Date
- 2014-12-03
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Edition statement
- 3rd edition
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 11 (Realia)
- Box: 12 (Realia)
- Box: 13 (Realia)
- Box: 14 (Text)
- Box: 15 (Text)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Archives & Special Collections Repository
Archives & Special Collections
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
6001 Dodge St.
Omaha Nebraska 68182-0237 United States
402-554-6046
unoasc@unomaha.edu