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The text on the envelope indicates that fingerprinted inkoperated is interested in publishing intriguing & innovative writing in any form... The envelope contains Fingermail No.1 & No.2 and a business card. These items are separately cataloged. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited by Anna Oberto, Martino Oberto, and Ugo Carrega. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes supplements A & L. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Provides an explanation for publications by the press owned by Geof Huth; these include dbqp, Alabama Dogshoe Moustouche, The Subtle Journal of Raw Coinage, A Voice Without Sides, Socks Dregs and Rocking Chairs, Epistulational Exscrapts, QCKK, &, and Objecta. This was produced for a planned book on small press activity which never appeared and was a dry run for dbqp No.101. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is an announcement of the purpose of the press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Usually published in an edition of 400 copies. This work is printed on orange colored stock. In addition to the duplicates, there is an additional copy with only the second page printed on white colored stock. The documentation in this issue deals with the March 1968 French revolution. The manifesto, printed in four languages, is entitled "For the night and day awakeners basic platform of the poetry ." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The card reads :See page 103, "Follies, National Trust Guide." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This brief polemic is an expression of Houedard's negative views on including non-addicting hashish with narcotocs as an illicit substance. In this respect, Houedard differed with Russell Pasha's (1879-1954) opinion as cited by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes. Houedard became a member of SOMA, an organization that campaigned to improve the cannabis law. Their first action was a full page advertisement in the Times on July 24th 1967, headed 'The law against marijuana is immoral in principle and unworkable in practice'. Below that, a quote from the philosopher Spinoza: 'All laws which can be violated without doing anyone any injury are laughed at... He who tries to determine everything by law will foment crime rather than lessen it.' The rest of the advert was an explanation of how damaging the law was, compared with the harmlessness of cannabis. There were quotes from modern medical opinions such as 'does not lead to degeneration, does not affect the brain cells, is...

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This manifesto on the "New Poetry" was drawn up by an international group of poets who are listed as contributors. Other poets working in this field are cited in the contributor field. According to this document, the new poetry can be classified as concrete poetry, phonetic poetry, objective poetry, visual poetry, and sound poetry, Othe related poetries include cybernetic poetry, serial poetry, permutations, word sounds, etc. The major periodicals publishing new poetry are as follows: 1) Germany: Rot, Texturen; 2) England: Poor Old Tired Horse; 3) Belgium: De Tafelronde; 4) Brazil: Invencao, Praxis; 5) France: Cinqueme Saison, Les Lettres; 6) Holland: Kentering; 7) Japan: Vou; 8) Switzerland: Konkrete Poesie; 9) Austria: Manuskripte. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This document recounts the seizure of Finlay's artworks by the Strathclyde Regional Council regarding a dispute over Finlay's building, The Temple. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Stored with MCBA newsletter. Lists the Sackners as Founders of the Center. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.