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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3474 Collections and/or Records:

[Letter to my dear John [Sharkey] (230965) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Furnival A; Furnival J; Cox K; Williams J; Johnson R., 1965

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Identifier: CC-56625-58863
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Houedard mentions Jonathan Williams, Ronald Johnson, John and Astrid Furnival and Ken Cox. Houedard writes at the page bottom, "just did poem for polluted lake: dedicated to ernst jandl: vienna circle: WA wa wa - WA wa wa - LLLLL - tz tz" The Polluted Lake Series was edited and published by d.a. levy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

[Letter to my dear john (sharkey)] (310365) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Sharkey JJ; Sharkey W ; McCarthy C; Furnival J; Medalla D., 1965

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Identifier: CC-56612-58898
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This letter to John Sharkey discusses Houedard's concern for the hospital stay of Wendy Sharkey and others. It also describes financial problems with other poets including Desmond Dunphy, Geddes Irvine, Cavan McCarthy and Kim Cheams. Houedard mentions a poetry book entitled 'openwordrobe' that apparently was never published. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

[Letter to my dear john wendy (sharkey) &&&c](180165) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Sharkey W ; Sharkey JJ; McCarthy C; Dowden G., 1965

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Identifier: CC-56605-10000009
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Houedard writes to Wendy and John Sharkey about receiving "tlatoc from cav this morning most glad to hear him say you very exceedingly ok bloke (his very own words)." Else where the letter contains several critical references to writers and publishers in scatological language.Two lines at the top left of the page read, "i go for yr/windywetmoor." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

[letter to my dear john/wendy(sharkey)] (291264) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Sharkey W ; Sharkey JJ; Furnival J; Basara R., 1964

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Identifier: CC-56604-10000008
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Houedard writes to Wendy and John Sharkey about the problems of delivering Christmas cards lost in the mail. He is hoping for a visit from the Sharkeys and remarks that "TLALOC is very nice to have around i hope it survives a few years." Houedard confirms that they should continue to look for sponsors and publishers for their work. He mentions the editor of Insect Trust Gazette, Robert Basara, who has asked him for material. Houedard signed this letter with a very long, handwritten stylized slash. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

[Letter to my dear peter[finch] (740202) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Matthews H; Cobbing B., 1973

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Identifier: CC-56680-10000074
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The name peter is typed in red with dashes and slashes. Houedard writes that " here i am in the middle of 3 years work revising the bible (once more) - but taking time off to see the students at cardiff artcoll under patric ?nolan ?dolan." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

[Letter to my dear peter[mayer] (731030) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Finlay IH; Albert-Birot P; Fortunatus V., 1973

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Identifier: CC-56678-10000072
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Houedard has included two reconstructed abc-rhymes and a new one -" u k rhyming scheme." His letter refers to several early Christian poets writingn in Latin in appoximatley 200 to 600AD. HOuedard writes that Venantius Fortunatus " got there before later people did" in composing and being a foreruner of poster poems. This material deals with his contribution to Cobbing and Mayer's book, 'Concerning Concrete Poetry', with specific respect to chronology. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

[Letter to my dear peter[mayer] (731127) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Matthews H; Cobbing B., 1973

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Identifier: CC-56679-10000073
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The large P in the heading to Peter is typed with slashes and dashes. Houedard has requested mention of OULIPO to be included in Peter's Mayer's book with Bob Cobbing, 'Concerning Concrete Poetry.'. He states that his files and things have arrived from the old abbey and he is putting them in order. He also makes suggestions to study the medieval manuscripts for shaped forms and "also the covers of the new encyclopaedia iudaica has a very well done tree with hebrew alphabet leaves...the psychology of inventing pseudo hebrew & pseudo greek might be looked into." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

[Letter to my dear richard (Aaron] (750416) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Carrega U; Cox K; Riddell A., 1975

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Identifier: CC-56688-59044
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Houedard is concerned about sending his reversals and reflecting poems to Ugo Carrega for an exhibition in Italy "but he prefers something more general - a bit of a retrospective - which puts me [Houedard] in a quandry as my stuff gets so scattered i never know where anything is & having had two retrospectives already (the V-&-A in london: the ceolgrith in newcastle at the laing) i cant start assembling stuff all over again - however i shall suggest he writes to the british council to see if they can help - also to the V-&-A which has a travelling show of some of my work (tho whether their travelling shows go abroad i am not certain." The envelope is addressed to Richard Aaron in Switzerland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

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

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Identifier: CC-56648-10000044
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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

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

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Identifier: CC-56690-59755
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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

Letter to Patricia Collins / Lumb, Michael., 1996

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Identifier: CC-58379-10001595
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Lumb discusses hos trip to Tunis and Poland and his master's thesis in mail art. The theme of the artist booklet and the broadsides the "shrine." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Letter to Patricia Collins / Lumb, Michael., 1998

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Identifier: CC-58380-10001596
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Lumb discusses the successful exhibition he curated in Warsaw," bookarts in britaim." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Letter to Patricia Collins / Lumb, Michael; Crozier R., 1994

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Identifier: CC-58375-10001591
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Lumb thanks Collins for the Robin Crozier book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Letter to Patricia Collins / Lumb, Michael; Crozier R., 1994

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Identifier: CC-58377-10001593
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Lumb thanks Collins for sending him her work and vice-versa. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Letter to Patricia Collins / Lumb, Michael; Crozier R., 1997

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Identifier: CC-58378-10001594
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Lumb discusses hos trip to Tunis and Poland and his master's thesis in mail art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

[Letter to Peter Finch], 1972

 Item — Box Adler: [Barcode: 31858072490828]
Identifier: CC-26151-26614
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This letter provides an explanation of Adler's "Scenario," a prose piece which is an allegorical interpretation of his poem, "Alphabet Music." The manuscript of "Scenario" was attached to the letter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

[Letter To Peter Finch] / Brown, Paul; Finch P; Nations O., 1972

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Identifier: CC-22316-22739
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Letter concerns aspects of P. Brown's book, "Venus In Ultraviolet Light," a work held by the Sackner Archive. The image on stationery is by Opal Nations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

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

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Identifier: CC-09107-9286
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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

[Letter to Pierre (Dom Sylvester Houedard)] / Gomringer, Eugen; Baljeu J., 1963

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Identifier: CC-10190-10391
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Gomringer expresses admiration for the poetry of Houedard and Finlay in England. He mentions that he is thinking about creating a book "for the hours." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963