D S H (Dom Sylvester Houédard), 1924-1992

[Letter to my dear t & t] (181165) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1965

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Identifier: CC-56648-10000044

Scope and Contents

Houedard typed two optical block images with the lower case letter 't' in the upper page. The identity of t & t is unkown. The letter contains religious information and references to dildoes, e.g., a michievious prank or antic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

[Letter to my dear tom [phillips]] (850713) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Dante., 1985

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Identifier: CC-56690-59755

Scope and Contents

Houedard writes to Phillips that he "gave two papers not long since to the ibn'arabi society the first was on rainbows in dante & called the rainbow crystal they are thinking of publishing it - probably shortened - but i thought you might care to have a xerox" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Letter to mydear angelboy [John Sharkey] wedesday 25? / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Burroughs WS; Matthews H; Pignatari D; Neame A; Harwood L., 1966

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Identifier: CC-57701-10000957

Scope and Contents

Thie letter deals mainly with comments on forthcoming books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

[letter to paul (?)] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1967

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Identifier: CC-09437-9624

Scope and Contents

The recipient of this letter might be Paul Brown, a British poet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

[Letter to Peter Finch] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1966

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Identifier: CC-09107-9286

Scope and Contents

Letter deals with a Nitsch (Vienna Action Group) performance that resulted in an obscenity charge by the English legal system and the sending of 3 typestracts to the "Bennington." Mentions that galleries usually charge $15.00 each and that he wants transparency of any item sold. States that Watford College wants him to do typestracts - i.e. not semantic poems and wants response if request is for poems "w/oldfashioned words." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

[Letter to Robin Wakefield] / Furnival, Astrid; Houedard DS; Sharkey JJ., 1965

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Identifier: CC-13204-13505

Scope and Contents

Furnival thanks Wakefield, a collector, for subscription to Plakats and describes other publications of the press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

[Letter to Steve Abrams] (031067) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1967

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Identifier: CC-09418-9605

Scope and Contents

The recipient and signature are typed with closely spaced dashes. Houedard indicates that he is sending poems to Abrams as a gift. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

[Letter to Steve Abrams] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

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Identifier: CC-09443-9630

Scope and Contents

Reminds Steve Abrams of Albert-Birot's visit to England. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

[Letter to Steve Abrams] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Abrams S ., 1966

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Identifier: CC-09442-9629

Scope and Contents

Houedard comments as to why he prefers dsh as his signature over his full name. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

[Letter to The Daily Mirror] (300767) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1967

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Identifier: CC-09446-9633

Scope and Contents

Describes his use of initials rather than a full name. Also points out that his name is pronounced 'wed-are' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

[Letter to Tom Meyer] (040270) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

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Identifier: CC-55891-59718

Scope and Contents

This letter consists of a concrete poem, 'imminent precision' and a letter that mentions nicholas logsdail's hologram show at the lisson as well as getting to meet his uncle raoul dahl, the 'shortstoryist.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

[letter to you two dear sweet angelic beings (sharkey)] (300864) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Sharkey W ; Sharkey JJ; Weaver M; Neame A; Crozier A., 1964

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Identifier: CC-56603-10000007

Scope and Contents

Houedard writes to Wendy and John Sharkey about his publishing problems with scatological pharses in a stream of consciousness style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)