John M. Bennett papers
Scope and Content
The John M. Bennett papers contains copies of magazines, newspapers, cards with writing and pictures, broadsides and several sheets of paper of Bennett's poetry. There are also papers from Luna Bisconte Productions.
Dates
- Creation: 1980 - 2024
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
Biography of John M. Bennett
John M. Bennett is an author born in Chicago, Illinois, who moved to Columbus, Ohio. He has written more than 200 books, chapbooks, and audio recordings, including: Found Objects
(collage poems, 1973), Works
(1973), and Image Standards
(1975). He is also an author of screenplays with John McClintock, including E Z Sleep
(1978), Time's T-Bone
(1979), Mail Art Romance
(1982), and Be Blank
(1988). He is a contributor to numerous anthologies, including The Sensuous President
, edited by C.W. Truesdale. He collaborated on the book Saw Leaking Trees
with Sheila E. Murphy using the joint pseudonym J.S. Murnet. He collaborated on the Luna Bisonte Productions Snozama
edition with Vittore Baroni.
Bennett received awards from the San Francisco Poetry Film Festival and Ann Arbor Film Festival (1979) for the film Time's T-Bone
and grants from Ohio Arts Council (1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, and 1989). He also received the Ohio Governor's Award, in 1984, for his volunteer service as poetry therapist at Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital.
Extent
5 cubic feet
Abstract
The John M. Bennett papers contains art and poetry on cards with writing and pictures, broadsides, TLPs (Tacky Little Pamphlets), pamphlets, ephemera, books, and several sheets of paper of Bennett's poetry. The material is self-published and distributed by Luna Bisonte Prods, founded by Bennet in 1976.
Statement of Arrangement
The John M. Bennett papers contains copies of magazines, newspapers, cards with writing and pictures, broadsides and several sheets of paper of Bennett's poetry. There are also papers from Luna Bisconte Productions.
Other Finding Aid
A paper copy of the folder list is available.
Description Note
Original, legacy collection inventories may contain inaccuracies or be incomplete. Collection descriptions may change or be updated as they are verified. Please contact Mahn Center staff if you note any errors or discrepancies.
Subject
- Bennett, John M. (John Michael) (1942-10-12) (Person)
- Luna Bisonte Prods (Publisher) (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the John M. Bennett papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Ohio University
- Date
- 2022
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- The finding aid was converted into EAD with funding support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Revision Statements
- 5 January 2024: Subjects and other notes added from ALICE MARC records and Mahn Center Microsoft Office finding aids by Ohio University Libraries Metadata Services Department Python scripts.
Repository Details
Part of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections Repository
