oip_mss125.xml Guide to the Joe Singer Papers Singer (Joe) papers Gwyn Hervochon and Nathan Hawley Boise State University Special Collections and Archives 2013; 2022; updated 2023
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-30. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Boise State University Special Collections and Archives Joe Singer Papers MSS 125 3 linear feet 3 boxes 1976-1993 Most of Joe Singer's personal and professional papers were destroyed after his death. The collection contains some of his correspondence to Fred Woodward, editor of The Match!, and some materials printed by or about Singer. English .

Joe M. Singer, was a writer, poet, and founder of the imprint Mother of Ashes Press. Born in Powell, Wyoming in 1950, Singer purchased his first printing press in 1980 and Mother of Ashes took root after he settled in Harrison, Idaho in 1984.

Under the Mother of Ashes imprint, Singer published poetry chapbooks, novels, newsletters, ephemera, his graphic arts magazine The Printer's Devil, and his literary magazine, The Village Idiot, which he founded in 1970. Other than Judith Shannon Paine's work as the editor of The Village Idiot beginning in 1987, Singer single-handedly produced Mother of Ashes publications until his death in 1993.

[item description], Collection on Joe Singer, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

Collection is available for research.

See also:

Judith Shannon Paine Papers

Penelope Reedy Papers

Most of Joe Singer's personal and professional papers were destroyed after his death. The collection contains some of his correspondence to Fred Woodward, editor of The Match!, and some materials printed by or about Singer.

 American literature--20th century Poets, American Poetry American poetry--20th century Literature Idaho Literature Photographs Little magazines Photographs Correspondence, writings, Mother of Ashes Press papers Correspondence with Fred Woodward 1989-1993 1 1 Correspondence, Newspaper articles 1983-1991 1 2 Poet in Correspondence 1983 1 3 Publishing Correspondence 1984-1988 1 4 Publishing Correspondence 1984-1988 1 5 Poet in Residence, Correspondence 1984 1 6 Drawings 1 7 Drawings 1 8 Notebooks 1 9 Notebooks 1 10 Notebooks 1 11 Notebooks 1 12 Notebooks 1 13 Notebooks 1 14 Writings, Correspondence, Resume, Memorial items 1972-1993 1 15 Writings 1978 1 16 Writings 1976-1989 1 17 Poetry 1975-1987 1 18 Fiction 1 19 Carved Stone 1985-1986 1 20 Booklet "Anarchism" 1976 1 21 Mother of Ashes Press - Printed Materials 1986 1 22 In Print 1974-1986 1 23 Notes 1980-1986 1 24 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1 25 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1978 1 26 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1979 1 27 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1980 1 28 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1981-1982 1 29 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1983-1984 1 30 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1985 1 31 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1986 1 32 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1987 1 33 Mother of Ashes Press papers and other publications Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1987 2 1 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1987 2 2 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1988 2 3 Samples - 9th year - Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1989 2 4 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1989-1990 2 5 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1989 2 6 Mother of Ashes Press Papers, Redneck Review 1989 2 7 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1991 2 8 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1991 2 9 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1991 2 10 Mother of Ashes Press Papers 1993 2 11 Papers, Flyers, Mother of Ashes Press Stationary 1985 2 12 Village Idiot Issues 1986-1990 2 13 Newspapers, Village Idiot Final Issue 1993-1994 2 14 Certificate of Fictitious Name 1987-1991 2 15 Copyright Information 1984 2 16 ISBN (carbon) and log 1991 2 17 Columns, The Printers Devil Issues 1-6 1986-1989 2 18 The Printers Devil Issues 8-16 1989-1993 2 19 "The Match" Issue 87 1992 2 20 Redneck Review no. 12 1987 2 21 The Redneck Review of Literature no. 13 1987 2 22 Redneck Review Issues 13-16 1987-1990 2 23 Redneck Review Issue 17 1989 2 24 The Mystery & Adventure Series Review no. 26 1993 2 25 Other Publications 1984-1989 2 26 Publications, personal papers, and photographs Other Publications 1991 3 1 Historic Idaho: A Travelers Roadside Guide 1991 3 2 Personal Papers 1993 3 3 Personal Papers 1992-1993; 1969 3 4 Photographs 1981-1983 3 5 Photos 3 6 Photos 3 7 Mother of Ashes Press Papers, Oversize Material 1970 1990 9034 1