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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2614 Collections and/or Records:

GREEN DRAGON SPRINGS / Depew, Wally., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-15183-15504
Scope and Contents

The same rubberstamped dragon is depicted in this book as in the books, "coming and going," but here the arrangements of multiple dragons complex. Further, an APPENDIX depicts the DRAGONS IN COLORS other than green. The layouts vary from copy to copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

[Green Handwriting & Black X's] / Pavanello, Giancarlo., 1993

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Identifier: CC-40203-42173
Scope and Contents

The text is written in green ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Gronk Intermediate Series: A Hole In The Head. No.3 / John H. Riddell., 1973

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Identifier: CC-36254-38044
Scope and Contents

This book is a recreation of the original manuscript, printed in five colors, with additional coloring and stencil cutting by the author. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Gronk Intermediate Series: A Hole In The Head. No.3 / John H. Riddell., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-36255-38045
Scope and Contents

This book is a recreation of the original manuscript, printed in five colors, with additional coloring and stencil cutting by the author. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Gronk Intermediate Series: A Hole In The Head. No.3 / John H. Riddell., 1973

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Identifier: CC-36444-38237
Scope and Contents

This book is a re-creation of the original manuscript, printed in five colors, with additional coloring and stencil cutting by the author. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Ground Plans For A Speaking City / McCaffery, Steve., 1970

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Identifier: CC-38157-40051
Scope and Contents

This is an early study for Carnival 1. The pages consist of photocopied fragments of newspaper clippings overwritten with abstract marks. There are also typings of the letter m's on the newspaper texts. The Sackner Archive holds two copies of this book that differ slightly in their covers and contents. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Grunes Erlangen, 1979

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Identifier: CC-15150-15471
Scope and Contents

The pages were printed from writings and collages of newspaper and periodical clippings in which the word, grun (meaning green in English) was mentioned. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Guerrilla Bookmaking / Hutchins, Edward H.., 1994

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Identifier: CC-09754-9947
Scope and Contents

Lists Hutchins' books created at Editions in Cairo, New York. The binding of this catalog is based upon design principles of Hedi Kyle. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Guny Book 2 / Patrick, Ian., 1975

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Identifier: CC-31005-32464
Scope and Contents

In this book, Patrick has composed drawings and text on the background of a red, rubberstamped grid on such subjects as art, decorations, guns, houses, signs, writings, literature, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Gutbucket: Homage to Mezz Mezzrow / Jack A. Hirschman., 1989

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Identifier: CC-08630-8802
Scope and Contents

In a letter to the Sackners of September, 1989, Hirschman remarked, "Gutbucket is of course 30's sound for an earthy kind of jazz sound....[Mess Mezzrow] was a Russian Jewish musician. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Haikrostics / Hirschman, Jack A.., 1991

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Identifier: CC-09240-9421
Scope and Contents

Hirschman writes in a letter to the Sackners that this is the first example of a Haikrostic, a poetic form of 24 or 25 syllables in contrast to the three line, 12 syllable haiku. Further, the first letters of every word add up to the name of someone. In this work, most of the haikrostics spell out the names of living and dead poets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Hallow*een / Kryss, Tom L.., 1966

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Identifier: CC-44126-46251
Scope and Contents From WEB site of Kent State Archives: Biographical Note [written by Tom Kryss] Tom Kryss was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1948 and attended high school in Garfield Heights, where for a time he edited the school newspaper, established a literary magazine, and worked in the layout department of a local suburban weekly. In the summer of 1966, before his departure for the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, he came into contact with the bookseller James Lowell and the poet d.a. levy; and began to entertain the idea of self-publishing works of poetry. On campus at Northwestern he collected material for an independent literary magazine, and left school to earn money to publish it. In Chicago and Bensenville, Illinois, he met the independent publisher Douglas Casement and the poet Douglas Blazek, and observed first hand the production of their poetry magazine, broadsides, and chapbooks, via letterpress and mimeograph. It was through Casement's Fenian Head Center Press...
Dates: 1966

Hand / Babenko, Dmitry., 1998

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Identifier: CC-31174-32642
Scope and Contents

The book consists of images mainly deal with gloves with the word HAND printed on one page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Hand Book / Collins, Patricia., 1998

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Identifier: CC-35190-36924
Scope and Contents

All the images in this book are hands captioned with text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Hand Papermaking. No.1 / Frederick H., 1993

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Identifier: CC-09490-9679
Scope and Contents

This issue was edited by Michael Durgen & Bobbie Lipman. Joann Moser writes about "Paper Alchemy at Pyramid Atlantic" and notes the role of Helen Frederick played in its success. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Hand Papermaking. No.2 / Cage J., 1992

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Identifier: CC-09794-9988
Scope and Contents

Bernie Toale describes "the edible drawings of John Cage" in an essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992