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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 374 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Kay Wood to Bill Wyatt, re: d.a. levy's indictment: [Merci, beaucoup - some may be of use...], 1967

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-48441-69469
Scope and Contents

This letter deals with levy's upcomng hearing on an obscenity charge. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Letter from Will Inman, re: thoughts and responses: [Thanks for your letter...], 1965

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-60716-10003571
Scope and Contents

This letter is stored in levy binder.Thanks levy for sending him artwork which he has framed and hanged. Asks the question, 'What is dexamyl?" Inman comments on Irving Fiske, "a pompous tub of shit." [Wikipedia: Irving Fiske (March 5, 1908 "“ April 25, 1990) born Irving Fishman in Brooklyn, New York, was a playwright, inventor, freelance writer, and speaker. He is associated with Quarry Hill Creative Center, the Fiske family property, in Rochester, Vermont]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

[Letter to Barry McCallion / Cobbing, Bob., 9 January 1971

 Item — Box 396: [Barcode: 31858072461605]
Identifier: CC-19948-20336
Scope and Contents

Thanks McCallion him for sending work and states that he looks forward to meeting him at the Cardiff Conference. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 9 January 1971

Letter to Bill Wyatt, re: American food: [now eating sunday dinners...], 1967

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-60901-56230
Scope and Contents

levy laments about food coloring in the United States particularly with regard to cooking hamburgers and closes with the following. We need a poet Kibbutz - KAPOTS KAPOTE KA KA KABOOM. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Letter to Bill Wyatt, re: depression: [dont be depressed...], 1967

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-33539-35189
Scope and Contents

The poem within this letter deals with Dagmar and levy's ambivalence toward her as his muse. It is undated but most of the correspondence to bill wyatt took place in March of 1967. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Letter to Bill Wyatt, re: MQ (vol. 2, no. 4): [we just started on the next MQ (vol 2 #4)] and Light On, The Old Test, 1967

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-60915-56224
Scope and Contents

The mailing envelope (dated May 12, 1967) to BILL WYATT + chris Torrance has a label on its left upper corner that reads "SMUT DOES NOT MELT IN YOUR HANDS." The recto of the letter to BIll Wyatt closes with "the best Way to fry yr enemies is to pray for their enlightenment." The verso of this letter deals with comments on the Assyrian Kings. levy ends his diatribe as follows. "SHAZAM" - this is turning into one of ed sander's' mongolian cluster fucks! forget the light / im turning on with the "Old ASS"/yrs KHU-ED-OHO GUARDIAN of the royal cisttern/d.a. levy bh -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Letter to Bill Wyatt, re: ordering his books: [will you please see...], 1967

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-61024-56273
Scope and Contents

This is a single sentence, signed letter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Letter to Bill Wyatt, re: Renegade 7Flowers: [am sending you a collection of the latest renegade 7flowers press publications...] / [I have given sacrifices...], 1966

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-60783-56226
Scope and Contents

The book that levy announces was not published under the title given to it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

[Letter to Bruce Montgomery] / Johnson, B.S.., 1963

 Item — Box 526: [Barcode: 31858072462868]
Identifier: CC-31920-33445
Scope and Contents

This letter was sent to Bruce Mongomery, one of Johnson's teachers, along with a copy of Johnson's first novel, "Travelling People," (also held by the Sackner Archive) in gratitude for helping him as a student. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Letter to Carl Loeffler, 1981

 Item — Box 607: [Barcode: 31858073143541]
Identifier: CC-18877-19255
Scope and Contents

In response to Loeffler's request for a critical essay for his "Book on Correspondence Art" Crozier describes what it would be like to receive work from his colleagues in the mail art network. The narrative mentions over 450 names, all listed in alphabetical order. Mentions "Marvin Sackner who is the only non-artist in here or is he now..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.


Vittore Baroni, Robert Filliou, Bill Gaglione, Edgardo Antonio Vigo, William Xerra, Nicholas Zurbrugg, Lon Spiegelman, Marvin A. Sackner, Takako Saito, Eugenio Miccini, Clemente Padín, and Richard Kostelanetz are some of the names associated with this letter.

Dates: 1981

[Letter to Clark (Coolidge?)], 1995

 Item — Box 317: [Barcode: 31858072490844]
Identifier: CC-32000-33529
Scope and Contents

Andrews related a performance that he gave in an art gallery that involved the playing of two 1 1/2 hour simultaneous tapes, various books and sequences on tables, couple dozen, separate, written pieces on wall and a 12' x 7' wall and adjacent 9' x 12' floor taken up by 150 poem cards. He also recommends Victor Ehlich's book "Russian Formalism" for reading as he believes it is relevant to Coolidge's work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

[Letter to David Harris] / Cobbing, Bob., 15 July 1968

 Item — Box 396: [Barcode: 31858072461605]
Identifier: CC-19931-20319
Scope and Contents

Cobbing describes several works of his to Harris and expresses hopes for contacts in Canadian radio. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 15 July 1968

[Letter to David Harris] / Cobbing, Bob., 26 March 1968

 Item — Box 396: [Barcode: 31858072461605]
Identifier: CC-19967-20355
Scope and Contents

Concerns sending of visual works and tapes for April festival. David Harris aka David UU. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 26 March 1968

[Letter to David Harris] / Cobbing, Bob, 27 October 1968

 Item — Box 396: [Barcode: 31858072461605]
Identifier: CC-19982-20370
Scope and Contents

Concerns radio broadcasts of sound poetry tapes. In response to Harris' request, Cobbing writes "No I am not in an academic or influential position. I am an out-of-work good-for-nothing poet - so - sorry I can't help get you a grant." David Harris aka David UU. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 27 October 1968

[Letter to David Harris] / Cobbing, Bob., 26 June 1968

 Item — Box 396: [Barcode: 31858072461605]
Identifier: CC-19966-20354
Scope and Contents

Writes about transcription of sound poetry piece, "Chamber Music" (1966) to tape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 26 June 1968

[Letter to David Harris] / Cobbing, Bob., 28 March 1968

 Item — Box 396: [Barcode: 31858072461605]
Identifier: CC-19986-20374
Scope and Contents

David Harris aka David UU. Letter discusses sending sound performance tapes for festival. Cobbing states that he "must try to keep better contact between what we are doing and your good selves." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 28 March 1968

Letter to David Harris (dwh), re: arson and trial: [u dont understand...], 1967

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-60631-55611
Scope and Contents

This letter deals with arson of a coffe shop in Cleveland and artworks destroyed. levy ruminates abput hIs upcoming pornography trial. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Letter to David Harris (dwh), re: boredom and apathy: [BLEW BOOK yours to burn|eat|distri-butte...], 1967

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-60701-55599
Original Sackner Archive Location

The opening sentence of this card reads "BLEW BOOK yours to BURN | EAT | DISTR-BUTTE| anything you want to do with it... -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Letter to David Harris (dwh), re: poem exchange: [i hope my sens of humor...] , 1967

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-33538-35188
Scope and Contents

This letter deals with poems that levy has submitted for publication. He also requests that Harris contact bp Nichol for acceptance of these poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967