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Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015

 Person

Found in 182 Collections and/or Records:

Unpublished: Man Enjoying Looking Up At The Stars [46] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57471-10000762
Scope and Contents

The figure of a man lying on the grass at night with his legs in the air is crossed out with graphite markings. The caption is changed to "This man enjoys lying flat on the ground and looking at the stars". The stars are asterisks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [O O O O O O!] [54] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57480-10000773
Scope and Contents

Six typed O's are spaced on five typed lines. The last O is folllowed by an exclamation point. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [O! O! O! O! O! O! O! O! O!] [55] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57481-10000774
Scope and Contents

Nine typed O! are spaced in a face-like configuration. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [OLD SOLDIER CONDOR] [51] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57477-10000768
Scope and Contents

The image is a soldier standing on New York skyscrapers. A four line poem is at page bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [ON THE IMMINENT 1] [32] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57453-10000744
Scope and Contents

This is the first version of the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [ON THE IMMINENT 2] [33] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57454-10000745
Scope and Contents

This is a modified and simplified version of the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [PEOPLE ENJOYING] [41] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57465-10000755
Scope and Contents

A figure of a man on skis reads "As you can clearly see this man loves to ski." A figure of a man swinging a golf club reads "This man enjoys playing golf." There is also a typed ball on a tee at the bottom of the page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [SANDBURG] [50] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57476-10000767
Scope and Contents

The image is a figure of a man (Carl Sandburg?) holding a sign that reads "THE PEOPLE YES", with graphite markings over portions of the typings. A four line poem is at page bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [SITWELL BIRD] [52] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57478-10000770
Scope and Contents

The image is a bird-like woman standing at a lecturn. A four line poem is at page bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [SNAKE 1] [26] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57433-10000722
Scope and Contents

This first version of the poem SNAKE reads "good by old slitherer god i was scared." The typo of god was corrected in version 2 and an exclamation point was added at the end. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [SNAKE 2] [25] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57434-10000724
Scope and Contents

The poem in the shape of a snake reads "good by old slitherer god was i scared!" This second version ends with an exclamation point and corrects the typo in the word "god" in the first version -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [The Story of my Life] [49] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57475-10000766
Scope and Contents

The full page image is a figure of a man, supposedly a portrait of WJS, with graphite markings over portions of the typings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [this man loves to dive] [45] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

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Identifier: CC-57469-10000760
Scope and Contents

The figure of a man enjoying sitting in a contour chair is at the bottom of the page.The top is a figure diving off a board. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [WOMAN AT BEAUTY PARLOR] [56] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57482-10000775
Scope and Contents

The image is of a woman who enjoys sitting under a hair dryer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958