How authorship is made and named: a meta-aggregator / International Dada Archive
International Dada Archive
historical lineageAvant-garde and experimental archivesHeteronymy, persona and pseudonymous authorshipactive
The archive's reading. The archive reads the Books by Author list as historical lineage for the question: a pen name and a civil name stand side by side and one book is held under both, so the chosen name survives as a heading and no reduction to one name is performed. No rule in the saved sources says which name governs, and the list does not show whether any of these names constitutes a distinct authorial function in #940's sense.
| Relation to this census | historical lineage |
|---|---|
| Record type | archive |
| The question it answers | name preservation in a historical avant-garde: under which of a dadaist's names a work is filed, and whether one book is held under both |
| Kind | archive: in its own words 'a scholarly resource for the study of the historic Dada movement', with an online catalog (the International Online Bibliography of Dada), a Digital Dada Library of page scans, and the journal Dada/Surrealism |
| Operator | the University of Iowa Libraries; curator Timothy Shipe, 100 Main Library, The University of Iowa |
| Evidence | facsimile; catalogue; critical commentary |
| Unit of record | in the catalog, a title (book, essay in a book, periodical article, manuscript, sound or video recording); in the Digital Dada Library, an original Dada-era document scanned in its entirety, listed under its periodical or under its author |
| What it records | works by and about the dadaists: Dada-era periodicals from Zurich, Berlin, Paris and elsewhere, books, exhibition catalogs, broadsides and ephemera by participants in the movement, microfilmed manuscript collections, and scholarship; a list of individuals on whom the collection focuses |
| Whose authorship it keeps | the authorship of participants in the Dada movement, filed by author in the Digital Dada Library's 'Books by Author' list and by individual in its list of dadaists |
| Under what name | author entries carry a second name in parentheses where the sources give one, in either order: 'EDGAR FIRN (KARL DÖHMAN) (DAIMONIDES)', 'JULIUS KREKEL (CLÉMENT PANSAERS)', 'Iliazd (Ilia Zdanevich)', 'SALOMO FRIEDLAENDER (MYNONA)', 'JEAN (HANS) ARP'; the same book (ZIEK; EENE MOEDER; HERTETOLKEN) is listed under 'JULIUS KREKEL (CLÉMENT PANSAERS)' and under 'CLÉMENT PANSAERS'; the saved sources state no naming policy |
| Who holds it | the University of Iowa Libraries: originals in the Special Collections Department, the wider collection in the Main Library and the Art Library; scans 'provided for research purposes only'; copyrighted matter (new prefaces, critical annotations) omitted from scanned reprints |
| Authorial function and responsibility | not stated as a rule: authorship is filed by author, with a second name in parentheses and one book entered under both names (Krekel and Pansaers); which name carries the work is left undecided; responsibility for the holdings sits with the University of Iowa Libraries and its curator |
| Method | collection and cataloguing of documentation and scholarship since 1979; scanning of original Dada-era documents in their entirety as page images; microfilming of public and private manuscript collections in Europe and North America in the early 1980s, with finding aids for each; publication of a peer-reviewed, open-access journal |
| Coverage | geography: the Dada movement in Zurich, Berlin, Paris and elsewhere; manuscript collections in Europe and North America; period: the historic Dada movement and the scholarship on it; the archive since 1979 |
| Count | value: approximately 60,000 titles in the International Online Bibliography of Dada; as_of: not dated in the saved source (read 2026-11-01) |
| Holdings | the International Online Bibliography of Dada, approximately 60,000 titles; the Digital Dada Library: 36 periodicals listed (from 291 and 391 to Zenit and Der Zweemann) and books by author; microfilmed manuscript collections with detailed finding aids; the journal Dada/Surrealism |
| Stated limits | 'These are page-image files only, not searchable full-text files'; 'In many cases, these are not complete runs of the periodicals'; 'These documents are provided for research purposes only'; 'The International Dada Archive has no staff to process interlibrary loan requests'; 'Unpublished manuscript material cannot normally be loaned'; 'access to some of the Archive's resources is limited when the curator is away' |
| Data access | free online catalog (the International Online Bibliography of Dada); free page-image scans in the Digital Dada Library; visits to the Archive by appointment; interlibrary loan through the requester's own library, with the Archive as 'lender of last resort' |
| Licence | not stated; scans 'provided for research purposes only'; the journal Dada/Surrealism is open-access |
| Lifecycle | state: active; detail: founded 1979; a named curator and contact on the home page; the About page's saved text is the site navigation followed by a template placeholder ('This is an example page'), so the site's About content is unwritten |
| Version and time | founded: 1979; microfilming: early 1980s; read: 2026-11-01 |
| Founded | 1979 |
What its record can settle
- whether the Archive holds or catalogues a named Dada work or scholarship on it
- whether a scanned original of a Dada periodical issue or book is in the Digital Dada Library
- under which names the Archive files a dadaist who published under more than one
What it cannot settle
- full-text searches of the scanned documents (page images only)
- complete runs of most periodicals
- which of an author's names the Archive treats as the author's own (it lists both, in varying order, with no stated rule)
Kept apart
- NOT a full-text corpus: the scans are page images only
- NOT complete for most periodicals by its own statement
- NOT an interlibrary lending service: it has no staff for loan requests
- NOT a reprint edition: it scans originals and omits copyrighted matter from the few reprints it includes
- NOT a surrealism archive, though it publishes Dada/Surrealism: its collection focuses on the historic Dada movement
Evidence
- self_description (the resource's own statement):
Founded in 1979, the International Dada Archive is a scholarly resource for the study of the historic Dada movement. The Archive has compiled a comprehensive collection of documentation and scholarship relating to Dada.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - collection (the resource's own statement):
The collection of the International Dada Archive is made up of works by and about the dadaists including books, articles, microfilmed manuscript collections, videorecordings, sound recordings, and online resources.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - count (the resource's own statement):
Primary access to the entire collection is through the International Online Bibliography of Dada, a catalog containing approximately 60,000 titles.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - housed (the resource's own statement):
This collection is housed in various departments of the University of Iowa Libraries; most of its holdings are in either the Main Library or the Art Library.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - digital_library (the resource's own statement):
These books, pamphlets, and periodicals are housed in the Special Collections Department of the University of Iowa Libraries and include many of the major periodicals of the Dada movement from Zurich, Berlin, Paris, and elsewhere, as well as books, exhibition catalogs, and broadsides by participants in the Dada movement.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - finding_aids (the resource's own statement):
The Archive has also microfilmed a number of public and private manuscript collections containing material on the Dada movement and on individual dadaists. Detailed finding aids exist for each of these microfilmed collections.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - curator (the resource's own statement):
Timothy Shipe, Curator
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - curator_away (the resource's own statement):
access to some of the Archive's resources is limited when the curator is away.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - scanned_entire (the resource's own statement):
Each original document has been scanned in its entirety. These are page-image files only, not searchable full-text files.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - incomplete_runs (the resource's own statement):
In many cases, these are not complete runs of the periodicals.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - reprints (the resource's own statement):
In a few cases, for the sake of completeness, we have included reprints of issues for which we do not own originals; in those cases, we have omitted any copyrighted materials such as new prefaces and critical annotations.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - research_only (the resource's own statement):
These documents are provided for research purposes only.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - dadaists (the resource's own statement):
The International Dada Archive focuses its collection and study on the following individuals.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - name_firn (the resource's own statement):
EDGAR FIRN (KARL DÖHMAN) (DAIMONIDES): BIBERGEIL
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - name_firn_list (the resource's own statement):
EDGAR FIRN (DIAMONIDES)
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - name_krekel (the resource's own statement):
JULIUS KREKEL (CLÉMENT PANSAERS): ZIEK; EENE MOEDER; HERTETOLKEN
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - name_pansaers (the resource's own statement):
CLÉMENT PANSAERS: L'APOLOGIE DE LA PARESSE BAR NICANOR LE PAN PAN AU CUL DU NU NÈGRE ZIEK; EENE MOEDER; HERTETOLKEN
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - name_iliazd (the resource's own statement):
Iliazd (Ilia Zdanevich): LIDANTIU FARAM (LEDANTU LE PHARE)
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - name_mynona (the resource's own statement):
SALOMO FRIEDLAENDER (MYNONA)
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - name_arp (the resource's own statement):
JEAN (HANS) ARP
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - periodicals_first (the resource's own statement):
PERIODICALS 291 391 ACTION
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - periodicals_last (the resource's own statement):
ZENIT DER ZWEEMANN BOOKS BY AUTHOR
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - journal (the resource's own statement):
Dada/Surrealism is a peer-reviewed, open-access electronic journal sponsored by the Association for the Study of Dada and Surrealism and published by the International Dada Archive, University of Iowa Libraries.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - catalog (the resource's own statement):
The International On-line Bibliography of Dada is the on-line catalog of the International Dada Archive at the University of Iowa Libraries.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - microfilm (the resource's own statement):
Most of the manuscript holdings are on microfilms that were made in various public and private collections in Europe and North America in the early 1980s, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Jerome Foundation.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - no_ill (the resource's own statement):
The International Dada Archive has no staff to process interlibrary loan requests.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - last_resort (the resource's own statement):
Your library should treat the International Dada Archive as a "lender of last resort."
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - no_mss_loan (the resource's own statement):
Unpublished manuscript material cannot normally be loaned.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 f009fc17c5ce757f… - about_placeholder (the resource's own statement):
This is an example page. Feel free to replace this content, or delete the page and start from scratch.
https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/about · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 72816a889beda674…
Unchecked
the About page (dada-iowa--about): the saved text is navigation and a template placeholder, with no About content; quoted only for the placeholder; the online bibliography and the scans themselves; the individual pages of the dadaists listed; the Dada/Surrealism journal site; the periodical count of 36 is counted here from the saved list; the Archive states no count
Cite: Lee Sharks, ed. "International Dada Archive." How authorship is made and named: a meta-aggregator, leesharks.com, compiled 2026-11-01. https://www.leesharks.com/apparatus/aggregators/dada-iowa