Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
A Bouquet for Bill [Segal], 1994
First draft of poem written on the occasion of Smith's friend, Bill Segal's 90th birthday. Segal is married to Marielle Buscon, the book artist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Bouquet for Bill [Segal] [copy], 1994
Final version of poem; the first draft is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Lettrist Lyric, 1996
Poem written for Ruth Sackner on her 60th birthday while William Smith was a guest at the Sackner's house. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Toast to James Thomas Flexner, 1991
Books and Broadsides, 2004
This card reprints a poem, "The World below the Window." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Card to the Sackners], 2002
Century Celebration, 1997
Contains a poem written by Smith in celebration of the Century Club's 150th birthday. The pamphlet details the program of the event. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Invitation to Ground Zero & On the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of a Country Wedding, 2003
L'Atoll / The Atoll, 2003
The happy holidays card says "with love & gratitude for your great help with the exhibition & with love & very best wishes as ever, Sonja & Bill." The print appears to be an abstract image of a Pacific island (atoll). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Lily in Autumn, 1994
Theme of the poem deals with a Siamese cat. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Marine, 1994
This is the original poem upon which a unique book, held by the Sackner Archive, was made with Julius Baltazar. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Reading from Collected Poems 1939-1989, 1990
The Cyclist, 1995
The wood engraving illustrations are by John De Pol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Tin Can, 1988
William Jay Smith also contributed an afterward. The wood engravings are by John DePol and M.A. Gelfand is the printer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The World below the Window, 1998
This poem was composed and printed in celebration of the 80th birthday of Bill Smith and the publication of his collected poems by the same title. The small engraving by George Wingate illustrates the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Tulip, 2002
The illustration is a reproduction of a water color by Gary Bukovnik and the poem about a tulip is by Smith. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Tulip [invitation], 1998
Written, distributed, and read at Bill Smith's 80th birthday celebration in The Century Club in New York, April 22, 1998. The Sackners attended this celebration. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.