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This catalogue was edited by Rene Morales, curator at the PAMM museum, for the exhibition at the museum opening in the first week of December 2013. Johanna Drucker contributed in depth essay titled "Visual Poetics and the Technics of Conception." Rene Morales contributed "Imaged Words, Worded Images: A conversation with Ruth and Marvin Sackner." The contibutors cited consist of only those whose work is depicted in this catalogue. The image on the dust jacket was done by Jeremy Adler, the frontispiece by Tom Phillips and the end papers by Willem Boshoff. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue was edited by Rene Morales, curator at the PAMM museum, for the exhibition at the museum opening in the first week of December 2013. Johanna Drucker contributed in depth essay titled "Visual Poetics and the Technics of Conception." Rene Morales contributed "Imaged Words, Worded Images: A conversation with Ruth and Marvin Sackner." The contibutors cited consist of only those whose work is depicted in this catalogue. The image on the dust jacket was done by Jeremy Adler, the frontispiece by Tom Phillips and the end papers by Willem Boshoff. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This manuscript summarizes books and essays published by Kostelanetz over the years dealing with the subject of the title. He has dedicated the book to Ruth & Marvin Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue was edited by Volker Rattemeyer and Renate Petzinger. Gerz created his body of visual/concrete poetry during his sojourn to Paris from 1969-1972 as depicted in pages 24-45 of this book. The Sackners met him in 1981 in Paris and purchased several of the works that are depicted in this catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an essay written for an exhibition of Ken Friedman's illustrations of two books, viz., Ernest Robson's "Thomas Onetwo" and Dick Higgins' "The Epickall Quest of the Brothers Dichtung." Stored with Ken Friedman material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This exhibition featured sculptures from found objects, paintings, rubberstamped works and stamp art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue was published for the exhibition on the work of the British poet, Bob Cobbing. The exhibition was curated by Matthew Abess who was the scholar in residence at the Sackner Archive during the summer of 2006 between his sophomore and junior years at the University of Pennsylvania. He also wrote the catalogue essay and organized a symposium at the Kelly Writers House with Maggie O'Sullivan and cris cheek, compatriates of Bob Cobbing, participating in the event along with Charles Bernstein and Marvin Sackner. All the Cobbing material for the exhibition came from the Sackner Archive. The three copies in the Sackner Archive will be considered varient copies as the final few pages were poorly printed. Marvin Sackner advised the attendees to hold on to these copies as special before a more perfect version is reprinted. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

One half of this publication is devoted to Trans/Prose, the musical production based on the text of La Prose du Transsiberien et de la petite Jehanne de France by Sonia Delaunay and Blais Cendrars. The original score is by Matthew Suttor and the libretto is by Timothy Young. The latter mentions in his forward that the original copy of La prose in the Beinecke Library had been in the collection of Marvin and Ruth Sackner. Trans/Prose is to be performed at Yale in 2008. The second part of the book serves as the catalogue for two exhibitions and a conference related to poetry, art and the book. The icons on the "bookmark appear throughout the exhibitions to call attention to the thematic relationships between books featured in both exhibitions." This work is stored with Delaunay & Cendrars' facsimile of the "Transsiberian Railway." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The Sackner Archive is mentioned as "the best collection of book arts in the world...an extrordinary melange of possibilities of future potential for the arts." Ackerman was a great friend of the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This manuscript was given to the Sackners with an attached card Compliments of Martin S. Ackerman - Ruth and Marvin: Would appreciate it if you would read this. I will call you when I get back from my trip. If you see andy typos or names misspelled, [please let me know. Marty." The Sackner Archive is mentioned as "the best collection of book arts in the world...an extrordinary melange of possibilities of future potential for the arts." Ackerman was a great friend of the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.