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Furnival drew this picture from the Sackner's waterfront garden while visiting the Sackner Archive with his wife, Astrid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Appears to be a montage of ideas for what was to become Furnival's classically drawn visual poems. The elements consist of architectural elements, sign numbers, and lettering. Stored in Odds & Sods. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The three prints to be mounted in sequence horizontally depict a wide angle view of the harbour from Furnival's vantage point in the cottage where Astrid and he lived after they were first married. The style of the line drawings of the ships in the harbour is similar to drawings of ships that Furnival made with Ian Hamilton Finlay in the early sixties. Stored in The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The work is divided in half horizontally with text phrases Eclipses, Night & Day, and the weathermen say. The title, Mile down the Nile, is drawn in large 3D capital letters at the bottom. Images include an eclipse and Egyptian newspaper clippings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes photograph of a detail of Furnival's standing screen, Fifty-One Towers of Babel (1984) in progress. This work is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition was a very large, diversified survey of contemporary concrete and visual poetry. The catalogue includes several critical essays written in Portuguese along with English translations. It features essays on the poetry scene in Latin America and other countries. The pamphlet is a program of events held in conjunction with the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Houedard writes that it was a pleasure to see the Sharkeys. He discusses the public's conception of monks and their sexual orientation. He also advises John to get in touch with Andrew Rawlisnon and Robert Tait and mentions that John Furnival has been busy making harmonograph machines. He also lists and describes poetry machines made by John Furnival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Mentions meeting Alan Broughton, a painterpoet who had been visiting with Charles Verey and John Furnival. Also, Houedard provides information in a Sung manuscript that he believes Abrams might be interested in seeing.The name STEVE is typed in red in the sahpe of a six pointed star. Internet: Stephen Abrams was Head of the Soma Research Association and Joint-Managing irector of Avalon Botanicals from 1967 to 1970. He was the author of the Soma advertisement in The Times and a witness before the Wootton Sub-Committee. Up to the mid 1960s, the majority of cannabis offenders in Britain were imprisoned. The law did not distinguish between cannabis and heroin or between use and supply. The schedule of penalties encouraged imprisonment of first offenders. In July 1967, the Times published a full paged advertisement in support of cannabis law reform. The advertisement described the existing law as "immoral" and "unworkable" but stopped short of proposing legalisation or...

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This is a panoramic view of a Nailsworth street scene reminiscent of the panoramic photographs taken by Kenneth Snelson. It constitutes five sections that butt against each other. It is stored in the Locative Vocative box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is part of the Nailsworth series of prints and consists of a listing of phrases beginning with the letter "A." In a letter to the Sackners, Furnival indicates that he intends to do the entire alphabet in this format. The print is stored in the Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This print is completely textural and relates to the British poet, William Davies, who lived in the town of Nailsworth. Each line of text begins with the letter I, e.g. I is for Implements In May, I am the Poet Davies, William In Neath Valley, etc. This is stored in The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Stored in The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Stored in The Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a title page for a series of prints dealing with the English town of Nailsworth and its environs where the Welsh poet W.H. Davies spent the last years of his life. The collaged addition is a map of the area. Stored in the Locative and Vocative Case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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A German soldier wearing a Nazi armband is driving a steamroller over a road paved with random numbers (perhaps signifying the victims of the Nazis) as well as numbers of several years of the 20th century. Smoke arising from the engine contains rows of paper cut-out figures going heavenward signifying the holocaust. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Valoch seems to have cut part of ablack annoucement card with fragmented letters and year in yellow. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a letter to John Sharkey suggesting contact information of several writers. In a handwritten additon Houedard suggests contacting "bob cobbing 262 Randolph Avenue (near Themersons) who sent this fine 'WRITERS FORUM POETS 7' of his sound poems." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.