Alternative Traditions in the Contemporary Arts (ATCA)
Committed to the collection and preservation of works and papers of contemporary artists and to the facilitation and dissemination of research related to the post-World War II avant-garde. The collection is composed of a complex body of contemporary artifacts and documentation spanning such phenomena as Fluxus, event arts and happenings, book works and visual poetry, artists’ video, correspondence art, conceptual art, performance relics, and artists’ papers.
The International Dada Archive
Many of the documents collected by the Libraries in support of the International Dada Archive are housed in Special Collections & University Archives.