Left Curve collection
Overview
Left Curve was a left-leaning art and literature magazine founded and edited by Csaba Polony (April 11, 1944 - March 9, 2014) and based out of the Bay Area of San Francisco, California. It ran for 38 issues. This collection includes correspondence and related materials, including posters, brochures, artistic prints, copies of poems, and other items sent to Polony in his capacity as editor of the magazine or sent directly to the magazine itself. Some of the correspondence specifically concerns library subscriptions to the magazine.
Dates
- Creation: 1976 - 1990
Creator
- Polony, Csaba, 1944-2014 (Compiler, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Csaba Polony (1944-2014)
Csaba Polony was born in Hungary in 1944. His family immigrated to the United States in 1951 and lived in Kansas City, Missouri until he was in high school, when his family moved to Ohio. There, Polony attended Miami University, where he recieved a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in history.
Polony moved to San Francisco in 1967, where he obtained his Master of Fine Arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute. With his friend, Richard Olsen, Polony co-founded the journal TRA (Toward Revolutionary Art) in 1973. This publication was succeeded by Left Curve, which Polony founded and published for 38 years. The final issue was published posthumously.
Extent
1 linear foot (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is organized chronologically with undated materials at the end.
Physical Location
RH WL MS 58
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 2013.
Separated Materials
Polony, Casba, editor. Left Curve. San Francisco: Left Curve Publications, 1974-2014. Available at Spencer Research Library at RH WL D3831.
Subject
- Left Curve Publications (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Left Curve Collection
- Subtitle
- Left Curve collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by gem. Finding aid encoded by gem.
- Date
- 2019-10-16
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/7542662169
- Preferred citation
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Left Curve collection, RH WL MS 58, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository