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The photogaphs in this book were obtained from popular magazine cuttings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is Baker's annual Valentine's gift to the Sackner Archive. It is shaped like a heart, trimmed with gold braid and stitched with 3 gold hearts, ribbon and a metal; a horizontal band across had gray stitched calligraphic markings. The text on the folded sheet reads, "A distinguished medal for those brave persons who have fought and were wounded in wars, tsunamis and elections this past year." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Mimi Shapiro created this collage and an accompanying artist book as a poetic and artistic response to the September 11th terrorist destruction of the World Trade Center skyscrapers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The artists are visual poets who gifted this work to the Sackner Archive after a visit to the collection. The cabinet is painted in primary colors and the hand printed texts are paint and ink. the six balls are printed with the names Duchamp, Ball, Marinetti, appolinaire (sic) Campos (sic) and Mallarme. The typed stories relate to Denise's youth and problems with asthma. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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A different type and colored ink was utilized for each page. According to Drucker, the book was printed from various typefaces at Bow and Arrow, in collaboration with Emily McVarish, each writing one line throughout, to display the type collection, and to teach Emily how to print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Seilles's two page letter to the Sackners details her trials of readjusting to life in France, her artistic work and concern for her health. She is pleased to hear that the Sackners saw her exhibition in the Janet Fleisher Gallery in Philadelphia. The collaged pages of found scraps of paper include a cutting from the Sackner Archive stationery. The loose sheets and the letter are inserted inside a fold of the final page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The work deals with ship wrecks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited and with an introductory essay by Robin Blaser. Includes a poem portrait, "bp Nichol." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Each sign is accompanied by a sheet listing the date of printing, dimensions, material, producer, edition, date of original artwork and notes by the artist. The catalogues contain essays by Alex Selenitsch, Sing Song, and George Alexander, Richard Tipping's Cure for the Common Code. The Sackner Archive is listed as holding Tipping's works. Other, more recent acquisitions have also been placed in this box. This box also has been acquired by MOMA. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. Included Contents Catalogues: Hear the Art. The Eagle Gallery, London, Great Britain, 1997. (3-fold A4 catalogue essay, 21 x 29.5 cm) Multiple Pleasures. Thorny Devil Press, Wonji Wonji, Australia. / The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1996. (5-fold A6 catalogue essay, 10 x 15 cm) ...

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The sculpture consists of two objects: a large wooden pear (poire in French) and four wooden fonts of apostrophe and S mounted as a cube and also painted white. The pear is placed on top of the cube. The title of the work is read as the French word "espoir" meaning "hope" in English. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In this book, Goldsmith transcribes one year's worth of daily, sixty-second weather reports broadcast on a New York City AM radio station. The engravings have been described by Siena as visual algorithms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Designated Folders #15. These poems represent Claire's first studies in utilizing abstract images from nature as the basis for sound poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Matthew Abess, a second year undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, poet and scholar, spent the summer of 2006 researching the work of the British poet, Bob Cobbing in the Sackner Archive. In honor of the Sackner's 50th wedding anniversary, Matthew conceived of a poetic interpretation by mining the letters R-U-T-H and M-A-R-V-I-N in Cobbing's bibliographic entries in their original positions on the page and reprocessing the letters on 50 pages on a photocopier so that the letters on the final page are completely obscured and abstract. Metaphorically, the letters take on a new beautiful life and interpretation. Also included are six pages of working notes. The poet's explantion of his process is as follows: Please see below my brief explanation of the piece. It is rather inarticulate, so please feel free to edit as you see fit! Respectfully, Matthew "Symphonic Concrete Cine-Text" Curated by: Ruth & Marvin Sackner Edited by: Matthew Abess, 24.06.2006....