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Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015

 Person

Staff Only

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

A Toast to James Thomas Flexner, 1991

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-02613-2656
Dates: 1991
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / William Jay Smith

Books and Broadsides, 2004

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-42956-45000
Scope and Contents

This card reprints a poem, "The World below the Window." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / William Jay Smith

The Cyclist, 1995

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-03090-3137
Scope and Contents

The wood engraving illustrations are by John De Pol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / William Jay Smith

The Tin Can, 1988

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-42596-44612
Scope and Contents

William Jay Smith also contributed an afterward. The wood engravings are by John DePol and M.A. Gelfand is the printer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / William Jay Smith

The World below the Window, 1998

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-29960-31351
Scope and Contents

This poem was composed and printed in celebration of the 80th birthday of Bill Smith and the publication of his collected poems by the same title. The small engraving by George Wingate illustrates the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / William Jay Smith

Tulip, 2002

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-43229-45288
Scope and Contents

The illustration is a reproduction of a water color by Gary Bukovnik and the poem about a tulip is by Smith. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / William Jay Smith