Finding Aid

Edward F. Higgins III Collection
MsC 855
Collection Dates: 1977 -- 2003
3.5 ft.

                                                       

Access and Restrictions: This collection is open for research.

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Acquisition and Processing Information: Ths collection was given to the University of Iowa Libraries in 2006 by Patty Higgins and Ginny Higgins. The finding aid was posted to the Internet January 2007.

Biographical Note

E.F. Higgins III (b. 1949) is  a New York based stamp/mail artist.  He became involved in mail art in c.1975 around the same time that he was creating his first Doo Da postage stamps.

Scope and Contents

This collections contains mail art, stamp art, painting, clothing, documentary video recordings,various publications, posters and correspondence.

R.Sailor 1/2007, updated 4/2008 N.Holtsnider.

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Box Contents List

Box 1

Jean Jacket, 1970s.

Jean Jacket, 2003.

Belt Buckle from the Peoples Exhibit

Third Doo Da Stamp Invite, Tee-shirt, 2000

"URSS Poste Moskva No. A4921 Re-Route Doo Da Post NYC." Paint on burlap mail bag, approximately 24 x 35 inches. Signed by EFH and with copyright symbol 2001.

 

Box 2

Stamps - 1 folder, but also scattered in and on letters.

Postcards and Letters - 5 folders, currently unorganized.

Exhibition catalogs and publications

Papers

64 pages concerning "Parastamp" exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 2007.

3rd International Doo Da Stamp Invite, 2000, booklet featuring color reproductions of stamps from many artists, an article by E.F. Higgins, and an article by Anna Banana.

"Woodpecker Waltz 2004" box.

CD Rom Artbiorix

2 Videotaped interviews, 2003

Video interview by Wanda Miller, 1982

Video interview by Jesse Rosser, 1989

Oversized Material

Great Lakes Lighthouse framed postcard, addressed to M.V. Higgins, 1996.

4 Train Tickets, 1997. One with 4 examples, one showing same 4 tickets.

4 Train Tickets, Set 2, 1997.

Lobster Tatoo, Doo Da Post, framed sheet of stamps.

FISH DINNER/ FIRECRAKERS from "Dynamite Series." Acrylic on canvas painting.

A/NTPEX by Higgins and C.T.Chew, 1992. Acrylic on canvas painting.

"Occupant Pier 22." Signed by EFH on verso, in Boulder, Colorado, and copyright 1976. Oil on canvas, approximately 33 x 33 ½  inches.

"Cowboy." Signed by EFH on verso, in Boulder, Colorado, and copyright 1976. Oil on canvas, approximately 19 x 32 inches.

"Parabeleg/Parastamp: Four decades of Artistamps from Fluxus to the Internet" exhibition poster featuring EFH's "Mona Issue Document" on the front. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 23-March - 24 June 2007. Dedication from EFH on front: "To Mom 85 years excellence! Happy Birthday! E.F. Higgins III  Dec. 2007." List of artists on reverse. Approximately 27 x 38 inches.