Bob Cobbing Collection
Collection
Identifier: exws_cobbing
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two boxes of artwork and poetry created by Bob Cobbing.
Dates
- Publication: 1960s to 2002
Creator
- Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002 (Former owner, Person)
Biographical / Historical
Bob Cobbing was a United Kingdom innovative poet of the modernist school who was known for his concrete, sound, and visual poetry and for heading the Writers' Forum press. His bookstore, Better Books of London, was a leading distribution point for avant-garde poets during the 1960s and 1970s. For a full biography, see Prabook page.
Extent
2 boxes
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Bob Cobbing Collection finding aid
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Stephanie Chapman
- Date
- 2022-11-15
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Arabic
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
lib_rbr@wmich.edu
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
lib_rbr@wmich.edu