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The collection consists of correspondence, writings, printed material, artwork, photographs, audiovisual material, computer media, and personal papers by and relating to American poet and visual artist Ray DiPalma. Correspondence includes large files for Vincent Dussol, DiPalma's French translator, American poets Merrill Gilfillan, Ken McCullough, Ron Silliman, and Paul Vangelisti, Mail Art, and smaller files for other authors and visual artists chiefly of DiPalma's generation. These correspondents include Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein, Guy Davenport, Lyn Hejinian, Peter Klappert, Michael Lally, and Tom Raworth. DiPalma's literary and artistic output includes drafts, proofs, and printed versions of written work and representations of graphic work dating from the mid 1960s. Supplementing this professional output are printed materials, including clippings and publicity, and sound recordings of readings. Also found in the collection are various personal papers, including diaries, notebooks, journals, and calenders.