Houedard writes to Sharkey that "so busy havnt written anyone for ages." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a Christmas broadside from The University Libraries with drawing by Furnival and poetry by Williams. The title of this series was later changed to Holiday Broadside. The edition consists of 50 numbered and signed copies. The Sackner copy is signed but unnumbered. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Williams notes, "These Polycotyledonous poems are the response to a call by Ian Hamilton Finlay for a one word poem anthology issue of his magazine Poor Old Tired Horse. Being a mountaineer I have a garrulous landscape nature that feeds on Brucknerian lengths, but also being a mountaineer, I have an exactly contrary nature that yearns to be as laconic as Webern or a pebble. Here the titles work as hinges to spring what follows loose. There are no pictures here in the pure concrete way of, for instance Ian Hamilton Finlay. But the ear is on the prowl, prying into the substance of words and finding there in the syllables, while one eye watches and one wanders a bit bemused. The dedication to Francis Poulenc is homage for his beautiful simplicities. He teaches that the common is not common at all. Man your dictionaries accordingly." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Contains the poem, Eric Satie: Sat At Tea, reproduced from the wool hanging by Astrid Furnival that is held by Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Contains the poem, Eric Satie: Sat At Tea, reproduced from the wool hanging by Astrid Furnival that is held by Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This print to honor Tom Phillips' 60th birthday was done in the style of A Humument. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The writer mentions a book on Hamilton by Lisa Borinsky, "Send This To the Immune Officer...sheds light on a reclusive New Jersey literary figure who was likened to William Blake." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The design of the dust jacket and 40 black and white grainy photographic images were provided by Tom Phillips to illustrate Willliams' poems. The book and its typography were designed by Donato Cinicolo 3 who employed a large variety of typefaces including those from a typewriter. Jonathan Williams also contributed notes on the poems as well as an afterword. A slip inserted into the book states that as a result of a disagreement between the publishers and one of the authors over the book design, the publishers decided not to publish it. Before this decision was reached, 120 copies were bound and distributed to friends of the Trigram Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The design of the dust jacket and 40 black and white grainy photographic images were provided by Tom Phillips to illustrate Willliams' poems. The book and its typography were designed by Donato Cinicolo 3 who employed a large variety of typefaces including those from a typewriter. Jonathan Williams also contributed notes on the poems as well as an afterword. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This letter page might be a seicond of two that cannot be found. In it, Houedard discusses the religious life of monks as seen from the outside world.The remainder of the letter deals with meeting the person to whom it is addressed. Desmond, a prisoner that dsh befriended is also mentioned. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Photograph depicts a panel of a screen from Furnival's language tower drawings, a work in progress. Furnival writes that Jonathan Williams will be coming to England in May and Dom Sylvester Houedard is in Scotland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Complains in a good natured way about the visitors to her Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Merton requests contributions for his periodical, Monks Pond. Jonathan Williams passes the letter onto Emmett Williams with the notation that the above letter from Thomas Merton explains itself. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letter heading mdj/w is Houedard's abbreviation for my dear john / wendy [Sharkey]. Houedard has used this abbreviation on several of his letters to various poets.This letter contains information about poets, publishers and mutual friends. Houedard mentions closing of betterbooks on December 31. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.