Main Entry Heading-Personal Name
Nichol, bp (Barrie Phillip), 1944-1988.
BRS document number
000000539
Cataloging Source
BVAS ENG
Physical Description
approx. 2921 items. 95 cm : (8 boxes). 9 tapes : 16 linear cm. (7 inch reels).
Summary, Abstract, Annotaion, and Scope etc
The bp Nichol Papers include the following series : Letters, 1964-1967. Early poems, 1961-1972. Typewriter concrete poems, 1964-1972. Concrete, experimental and sound poem drafts, many as drawings, 1964-1974. Manuscripts and typescripts of published and unpublished poems, some collected as chapbooks or single-copy books, 1961-1974. Draft manuscripts drawings and paste-ups for Scraptures sequences. Manuscripts for Captain Poetry poems. Original drawings, 1963?-1973?. Manuscripts and typescripts of prose texts, published and unpublished, including drafts of Bob de Cat, For Jesus lunatick and Journal. Manuscripts and typescripts from the Plunkett Papers. Tapes of poetry readings, an interview, and the radio series, Little Boy Lost meets Mother Tongue.
Subject Heading-Personal Name
Nichol, Barrie Phillip, 1944-1988.; Nichol, bp, 1944-1988.; Nichol, Barrie Phillip, 1944-1988 - drawings.; Nichol, bp, 1944-1988 - drawings.; Nichol, Barrie Phillip, 1944-1988 - manuscripts.; Nichol, bp, 1944-1988 - manuscripts.; Nichol, Barrie Phillip, 1944-1988 - correspondence.; Nichol, bp, 1944-1988 - correspondence.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired from Barrie Phillip Nichol by purchase in 1975. One item donated by Allison Petrie in 1983.
Biographical or Historical Note
Barrie Phillip Nichol was born in Vancouver, B.C., 30 September 1944. He was a poet and language artist, editor and publisher. Nichol was involved with the Four Horsemen (a sound poetry performance group), as an associate editor of Open Letter, with severa l different presses including Coach House, Underwhich Editions, and with his own press, Ganglia, during the 1960's and 1970's. During those years he initiated projects with many experimental poets and visual artists. He was also active in the therapeutic community, Therafields, for a number of years. Nichol was married in 1980 to Eleanor Hiebert. They have one daughter, Sarah Kathryn, born in 1981. Barrie Nichol died in 1988 after surgery.
Subject Heading-Topical
Canadian poetry - twentieth century.; Poets, Canadian - twentieth century.; Concrete poetry - Canadian.; Experimental poetry.; Sound poetry - Canadian.; Visual poetry - Canadian.
