Jim Burns (1936-) is a British poet known for poetry published on small presses. The Letter-Squares were five rubberstamps each containing 100 vowels of typewriter-style type. They were created by Cavan McCarthy for participants in poetry readings to produce their own visual designs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letter is addressed to chas dear.The first paragraph urges Cameron to get DSH his proper Olivetti because "it is DESPARATE to use this fucking twr i just cant FEEL it...bring me SPARE OLIVETTI to use instead of this GHASTLY olympia that isn't MADE for typestracting ==you must TELL them who i mean how my LIFE is spent glorifying their mechanisms." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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.

This letter is contained within an envelope collaged onto a page of Furnival's "Liber Amicorum 1964-1984," a book held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

dsh mentions henri chopin and mlke weaver (whom he does not know). He writes about his first meeting with charles cameron. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This letter to Charles Cameron asks him many questions about poetic productions and descriptions of publsihed works for example, "edwrights pondplop design for frog just come is ultrafine." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This letter to Charles Cameron compliments the poetry reading as DSH writes " i must send a wee note to say how MI-RI-FIC yesterday was EVerybody was enraptured it cldnt have been greater success -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This letter to Charles Cameron contains several names and details for poetry readings and several handwritten notes and instructions in red and black ink for a poetry reading to which DSH has been invited.The verso typing reads "cavan says ANDREI vOZNESENSKY reading leeds U Russdept 19:30hrs 4 june tell every one" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

angelBuds might be John and Wendy Sharkey. Houedard's rants on concrete poetry and homosexual thoughts on page one. He writes that John Furnival is making a motorisation of his POND - FROG - PLOP poem and discusses different typewriter companies on page two. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letter is addressed to "my dear hot & cold & loved both." Houedard mentions that he is in the process of moving rooms and includes a typewriter poem (020268).The verso of the letter contains the handwritten phrase "hoppy & the cheese" on the top and repeated on the bottom of the page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Houedard mentions his time-consuming writing and speaking projects including his work on the bible (Jerusalem Bible). He writes that Jonathan Williams is going to do the concrete anthology and "Kitaj did silk screens for the mahler poems - marlborough publishing 60 copies at jon says 300 pounds each - HE gets a free copy." This "messy" letter is signed pierre formed with typed commas and semi-colons. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Implores Abrams to write to him and mentions that Albert-Birot will be visiting London. Both steve's at the salutation and houedard's signature are typed after the form of the poster poems composed by Albert-Birot in the 1920s with a sem-circle of s's and r's, respectively. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The recipient and signature are typed with closely spaced dashes. Houedard indicates that he is sending poems to Abrams as a gift. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The text of the nine pages that constitute this work consist of letters with variations of the spacing of the word, "no." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Houedard writes to Wendy and John Sharkey about his publishing problems with scatological pharses in a stream of consciousness style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The catalogue depicts photographic reproductions of the following prints that are held by the Ruth & Marvin Sackner Collection USA: 1) Dag Hammarskjold 1967, 2) Pumainen 1967, 3) Vanha pohjpiirustus 1967, and 4) Venaiainen monologi 1967. Ruutsalo died in 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poems in this book were given to Charles Verey by Valoch and are now in the collection of Willliam Allen, the book dealer. Thre book was printed by Colin Sackett. In a letter to Verey reproduced in this book, Valoch declares that the four optical, concrete poems later reproduced in this book are a gift to Verey. The Sackner Archive holds two similar poems that were initially given to Wally Depew by Jiri Valoch. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.