Edward M. Plunkett mail art to Richard Shebairo
name: label: Creator
content: Shebairo, Richard
label: Names
content: Plunkett, Edward M. (1922-2011)
topic: label: Topic
content: Rubber stamps
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Edward M. Plunkett mail art to Richard Shebairo, 1983-1986, was donated in 2018 by Richard Shebairo.
creator: label: Creator
content: Shebairo, Richard
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content: Edward M. Plunkett mail art to Richard Shebairo
abstract: label: Summary
content: Mail art from Edward M. Plunkett to Richard Shebairo measures 0.02 linear feet and date from 1983-1986, including letters, rubber-stamped envelopes, newspaper clippings, perforated faux postage stamps, several handmade booklets and rubber stamped communications, an unopened letter to Plunkett, which he altered with rubber stamps and signed "EMP 84." Also included is a 3x5 inch memo book inscribed "to Richard April 1, 1985 E M Plunkett," containing rubber-stamp narratives. Correspondence relates to accounting tasks and materials, accompanied with mentions of Plunkett's enclosed mail art.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edward M. Plunkett (1922-) is a mail artist who coined the name "New York Correspondence School" in the early 1960s to describe the work he was making with contemporaries such as Ray Johnson. Richard Shebairo was Plunkett's accountant.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.02 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.shebrich
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Mail art
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Ryan Evans in 2018.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Mail art
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Mail art from Edward M. Plunkett to Richard Shebairo measure 0.02 linear feet and date from 1983-1986, including letters, rubber-stamped envelopes, newspaper clippings, perforated faux postage stamps, several handmade booklets and rubber stamped communications, an unopened letter to Plunkett, which he altered with rubber stamps and signed "EMP 84." Also included is a 3x5 inch memo book inscribed "to Richard April 1, 1985 E M Plunkett," containing rubber-stamp narratives. Correspondence relates to accounting tasks and materials, accompanied with mentions of Plunkett's enclosed mail art.