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The Sackner Archive is described and photographed in the final chapter of the book. The Sackners are also mentioned on the flyleaf of the dust jacket. The duplicate copy is accompanied by a letter from Deidi Von Schwaewen, the photographer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On page 143, Grumman describes his visit to the Sackner Archive in 1985. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the back cover, Andrew Topel indicates that this book was instigated by a request from Marvin Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Book is dedicated to Ruth and Marvin Sackner. The bookbinding was made by Richard Minsky who also treated the paper of the book with Wei T'o spray for neutralizing against acids as explained on the cover text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The book is dedicated to Ruth and Marvin Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The book is dedicated to Ruth and Marvin Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is one of 25 signed and numbered copies. The remaining 25 copies in the run were unsigned. In the introduction, Helmes writes "In the late 70's I met Ruth and Marvin Sackner and Richard Kostelanetz. They, along with Karl Kempton and Kay Arndt, have been critical supporters of my work for which I am continually grateful." This book consists of a varied selection of Helmes' poems, reproduced from rubberstamping, line stencilling and letraset collaging. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Pignatari mentions experiences of Miami visit and the encounter with the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a page from the manuscript dedicated to Ruth & Marvin Sackner. Kempton used a Panasonic electronic typewriter to produce the typewritings that he called glyphs. It was not published until 1993 by Runaway Press but then in a reduced size. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This publication was a senior project by the author for the OSU Department of Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication. It was prepared as a study for designing an area in a potential future space for special collections in the rare book library. Included are reproductions of "The Altered Page" and "Networking" catalogues of exhibitions from the Sackner Archive, a history of the Archive, photographs and an illustrated article by Tom Austin. Also included is a detailed research section on concrete poetry. A portion of the book concerns the design of a library space for the Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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A critical essay on this work was written by Marvin Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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A critical essay on this work was written by Marvin Sackner as an Afterword; it is located within the insert on the inside back cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Matthew Abess, a second year undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, poet and scholar, spent the summer of 2006 researching the work of the British poet, Bob Cobbing in the Sackner Archive. In honor of the Sackner's 50th wedding anniversary, Matthew conceived of a poetic interpretation by mining the letters R-U-T-H and M-A-R-V-I-N in Cobbing's bibliographic entries in their original positions on the page and reprocessing the letters on 50 pages on a photocopier so that the letters on the final page are completely obscured and abstract. Metaphorically, the letters take on a new beautiful life and interpretation. Also included are six pages of working notes. The poet's explantion of his process is as follows: Please see below my brief explanation of the piece. It is rather inarticulate, so please feel free to edit as you see fit! Respectfully, Matthew "Symphonic Concrete Cine-Text" Curated by: Ruth & Marvin Sackner Edited by: Matthew Abess, 24.06.2006....

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The Art of Typewriting is listed for publication with three varying illustrations of typwriter art on the front covers -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The material consists of documentation of the exhibition installation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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These are the photographic negatives for the catalog illustrations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The material consists of photographs used to illustrate the catalog for this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The collage was made to commemorate The Beauty in Breathing exhibition held in the Miami Beach Convention Center at the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association. It consisted of clippings from newspapers and magazines dealing with phrases utilizing the words, breath, breathe and breathing mounted on papercard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This print was made to commemorate The Beauty in Breathing exhibition held in the Miami Beach Convention Center at the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association. It consisted of clippings from newspapers and magazines dealing with phrases utilizing the words, breath, breathe and breathing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.