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SECOND CHANCE: DIGITAL COLLECTIONS AND DISCOVERY IN THE ARCHIVES VISUAL POETRY OF AMELIA ETLINGER Elliot McNally, Special Collections Librarian, SCAD Atlanta March 31, 2017

Visual Poetry of Amelia Etlinger

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SECOND CHANCE: DIGITAL COLLECTIONS AND DISCOVERY IN THE ARCHIVES

VISUAL POETRY OF AMELIA ETLINGERElliot McNally, Special Collections Librarian, SCAD Atlanta

March 31, 2017

Amelia Etlinger

“No time for Peeing.”

-Etlinger describing her process in an interview with 13th Moon editor, friend, and collection donor, Ellen Marie Helinka.

Amelia Lucille Wanderer EtlingerBorn 1933 – NYC

Married with 3 children

Moved to Clifton Park, NY in 1966

Grammar school education

Discovered ee cummings

Started creating visual poetry in 1960s

Died 1987

Arti visive. Poesia visiva. / Visual Poetry by Women, an International Exhibition in Venice.

Curated by Mirella Bentivoglio

Introduction by Franca Zoccoli

Exhibition Catalogue

“Art is the danger to the visual poem”

Collection finds its way to the Poetry Collection

Ellen Marie Helinka

Mike Belt

Mirella Bentivoglio

Paula Claire

Poetry Curators

Large Tapestries & Tiny Bundles

Packet Poems

Interact, Collaborate, Destroy

Personal Fragments & Organic Material

Frayed Chiffon

Warps & Wefts

Nests

Auditory Elements

Processing the Collection

Finding a Balance

Happy donors and family

Physical access

Preservation

Intent

Final ResultsOver 1000 images taken

Available to researchers

Chose 50 works out of 100 for digital collection

THANK YOU

digital.lib.buffalo.edu/collection/LIB-PC010/

[email protected]