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Sigmund, Robert J.

 Person

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

A Year in the Life of the Cleveland Plain Dealer / sigmund, r.j., aka rjs., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-28548-29830
Scope and Contents

This book depicts 31 reproductions of collages, each cut from one week of the 1975 Cleveland Plain Dealer and glued to 12" x 18" cardboard; 49 were completed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

[Card to Will Inman] / sigmund, r.j. (aka rjs)., 1969

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Identifier: CC-03017-3062
Scope and Contents

Advises Inman about publishing activities. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

CHRISTMAS / levy, d.a.; sigmund, r.j. (aka rjs); Kryss, Tom L.; mara., 1967

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Identifier: CC-32638-34223
Scope and Contents

The cover is a silkscreen print in green ink that depicts a rabbit within a landscape. There are slight differeces in the signatures between the two copies; hence the signatures are not facsimiles. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Cleveland Nov 24, 1968 [1 page], 1968

 Item — Box 610: [Barcode: 31858072460862]
Identifier: CC-03015-3060
Scope and Contents

This sheet announces the suicide death of d.a.levy. It also provides information about the status of levy's publications. Stored in da levy box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Cleveland: Nov 24, 1968 [2 pages], 1968

 Item — Box 610: [Barcode: 31858072460862]
Identifier: CC-28170-29333
Scope and Contents

Announcement of d.a. levy's suicide and his friends' plans for further publications. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Energy Crisis Poems / sigmund, r.j., aka rjs ; Kryss TL ; Dominique., 1974

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Identifier: CC-02986-3031
Scope and Contents

The cover was designed by Tom L. Kryss. The three photocopied drawings within the book were done by Dominique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

[Exchange of Letters] / sigmund, r.j. (aka rjs); Inman, Will., 1967

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Identifier: CC-03011-3056
Scope and Contents

rjs discusses putting together a d.a. levy anthology, his jail term, lost job, and an inquiry about George Montgomery. Inman notes that he thought rjs was another name for levy, commisurates about rjs jail term and sends George Montgomery's address. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[Exchange of Letters] / sigmund, r.j. (aka rjs); Inman, Will., 1968

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Identifier: CC-03013-3058
Scope and Contents

rjs sends Inman order sheet for U CAN HAV YR FUCKIN CITI BAK. He also adds a note indicating publishing responsibilities, viz., d.a.levy = kho-an-oho, seven flowers, renegade, grass coin? and rjs = captain zero, evolution incorporated, ground zero press, free love press. Inman expreses concern with levy's problems with the police and his admiration for levy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

flp business letter #4562, 1967

 Item — Box 610: [Barcode: 31858072460862]
Identifier: CC-31907-33431
Scope and Contents

This is an announcement of the release of rjs from jail and the delayed publication of d.a. levy tribute and anthology. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[Indictment of Jim Lowell and d.a.levy] / levy, d.a.; Lowell J; levy da; Heilbrun S; Sigmund RJ., 1967

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Identifier: CC-07129-7269
Scope and Contents

Relates story of the arrest of d.a.levy, Jim Lowell and Robert Sigmund. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Letter to Bill Wyatt (2/21/67) and Advertiement for d.a. levy tribute-anthology / sigmund, r.j. (aka rjs)., 1967

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Identifier: CC-60181-10003197
Scope and Contents

rjs requests bill wyatt for a contribution to the d.a. levey anthology. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

No.40 Supplement: D.A. LEVY & Other Cleveland Writers / Halsey, Alan ; levy da ; Wyatt B ; Leed J ; Sauls R ; Wagner Dr ; Atkins R ; Butcher G ; EKA ; Fowler G ; Shulman M ; Taylor K ; Kryss TL ; McCord H ; rjs., 1984

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Identifier: CC-32820-34433
Scope and Contents

An archive of correspondence between levy and Bill Wyatt, a British poet, was listed in this catalogue and purchased by the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

No.216: Literature / Asphodel Book Shop ; Lowell J ; levy da ; rjs ; Cook G ; Taylor K ; Kryss TL ; Blazek D ; Bukowski C ; Corita M ; Creeley R ; Griffiths B ; Snyder G ; Sukenick R., 2003

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Identifier: CC-40207-42177
Scope and Contents

The catalogue listed several paintings on paper by levy but before the Sackners could purchase them, they had been sold. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Peaces / sigmund, r.j., aka rjs ; levy da ; Cornillon J ; Jones G., 1966

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Identifier: CC-28495-29770
Scope and Contents

The inscription might be to Grace Butcher, a poet in da levy's circle. The cover drawing was done by Grady Jones and the introductory essay by John Cornillion. The first poem, entitled "Peaces" is a loose listing of permutations of its title, e.g., peA ces, peces pe Aces, Pea c ess, PEA cess, peees ssess, etc. The ink drawing depicts a large calligraphic marking; three other markings, reproduced in mimeographed printing, are scattered throughout this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

The Result is Always Circular / sigmund, r.j., aka rjs., 1967

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Identifier: CC-03567-3631
Scope and Contents

The poem deals with the incarceration of rjs (Robert J. Sigmund) on drug charges. rjs was in the circle of poets affiliated with d.a.levy. The cover was designed by T.L. Kryss. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

ukanhavyrfuckincitibak (d.a. Levy: A Tribute To The Man - An Anthology Of His Poetry), 1967

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Identifier: CC-49034-70072
Scope and Contents

The back cover design was done by Wally Depew. Book includes all arrest & trial news articles, 5 inlaid Kryss silkscreens, crtiques by levy's peers, comments by 40 of his friends and fellows, including Bukowski, Blazek, Richmond, et al. All major works of levy printed to date are included: CLEVELAND UNDERCOVERS, NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, RECTAL EYE VISOONS, PRAPS 1 AND KIBBUTZ IN THE SKY. According to rjs' introduction, 25 signed copies with extra pages were to be produced. The Sackners are unaware that this special edition was ever published. However, the Sackner Archive holds stapled pages that with the cover title "you can have your fucking city bak." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Ukanhavyrfuckincitibak (d.a. Levy: A Tribute To The Man - An Anthology Of His Poetry), 2007

 Item — Box 617: [Barcode: 31858072461027]
Identifier: CC-49884-70941
Scope and Contents

The back cover design was done by Wally Depew. Book includes all arrest & trial news articles, (5 inlaid Kryss silkscreens of the original book are not included), critques by levy's peers, comments by 40 of his friends and fellows, including Bukowski, Blazek, Richmond, et al. All major works of levy printed to date are included: CLEVELAND UNDERCOVERS, NORTH AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, RECTAL EYE VISOONS, PRAPS 1 AND KIBBUTZ IN THE SKY. According to rjs' introduction, 25 signed copies with extra pages were to be produced. The Sackners are unaware that this special edition was ever published. However, the Sackner Archive holds stapled pages with the cover title "you can have your fucking city bak." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007