The card deals with Cinicolo's layout for Houedard's reversal poem "mind/ache." Houedard states "it just looks about exactly right." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letter deals with a card of the reversal poem "mind ache" that Houedard wants Cinicolo to render into a publication. A sketch of the poem is on page 2 of the letter. The Sackner Archive does not have this card, possibly because it was never published. Houedard also mentions on page three that he plans to discuss with Jonathan Williams and Tom Meyer about Cincolo doing designs for Jargon Books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letter deals with a card of the reversal poem "mind ache" that Houedard wants Cinicolo to render into a publication. A sketch of the poem is on page 2 of the letter. The Sackner Archive does not have this card, possibly because it was never published. Houedard also mentions on page three that he plans to discuss with Jonathan Williams and Tom Meyer about Cincolo doing designs for Jargon Books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letter deals with a card of the reversal poem "mind ache" that Houedard wants Cinicolo to render into a publication. A sketch of the poem is on page 2 of the letter. The Sackner Archive does not have this card, possibly because it was never published. Houedard also mentions on page three that he plans to discuss with Jonathan Williams and Tom Meyer about Cincolo doing designs for Jargon Books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letter deals with a card of the reversal poem "mind ache" that Houedard wants Cinicolo to render into a publication. A sketch of the poem is on page 2 of the letter. The Sackner Archive does not have this card, possibly because it was never published. Houedard also mentions on page three that he plans to discuss with Jonathan Williams and Tom Meyer about Cincolo doing designs for Jargon Books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letter deals with a card of the reversal poem "mind ache" that Houedard wants Cinicolo to render into a publication. A sketch of the poem is on page 2 of the letter. The Sackner Archive does not have this card, possibly because it was never published. Houedard also mentions on page three that he plans to discuss with Jonathan Williams and Tom Meyer about Cincolo doing designs for Jargon Books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letter deals with a card of the reversal poem "mind ache" that Houedard wants Cinicolo to render into a publication. A sketch of the poem is on page 2 of the letter. The Sackner Archive does not have this card, possibly because it was never published. Houedard also mentions on page three that he plans to discuss with Jonathan Williams and Tom Meyer about Cincolo doing designs for Jargon Books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letter deals with a card of the reversal poem "mind ache" that Houedard wants Cinicolo to render into a publication. A sketch of the poem is on page 2 of the letter. The Sackner Archive does not have this card, possibly because it was never published. Houedard also mentions on page three that he plans to discuss with Jonathan Williams and Tom Meyer about Cincolo doing designs for Jargon Books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letter deals with a card of the reversal poem "mind ache" that Houedard wants Cinicolo to render into a publication. A sketch of the poem is on page 2 of the letter. The Sackner Archive does not have this card, possibly because it was never published. Houedard also mentions on page three that he plans to discuss with Jonathan Williams and Tom Meyer about Cincolo doing designs for Jargon Books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Houedard writes to Sharkey that "so busy havnt written anyone for ages." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This letter page might be a seicond of two that cannot be found. In it, Houedard discusses the religious life of monks as seen from the outside world.The remainder of the letter deals with meeting the person to whom it is addressed. Desmond, a prisoner that dsh befriended is also mentioned. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Photograph depicts a panel of a screen from Furnival's language tower drawings, a work in progress. Furnival writes that Jonathan Williams will be coming to England in May and Dom Sylvester Houedard is in Scotland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Complains in a good natured way about the visitors to her Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Merton requests contributions for his periodical, Monks Pond. Jonathan Williams passes the letter onto Emmett Williams with the notation that the above letter from Thomas Merton explains itself. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letter heading mdj/w is Houedard's abbreviation for my dear john / wendy [Sharkey]. Houedard has used this abbreviation on several of his letters to various poets.This letter contains information about poets, publishers and mutual friends. Houedard mentions closing of betterbooks on December 31. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Houerdard writes," i got this wretched chang-kai-chek 'flu - held things up." He signs this letter "much luv - & affectionate coughs." The address to Hansjorg is typed with red dashes as is the name silvester.The basis for this letter is to ask Hansjorg Mayer to send off Houedard works to Dana Atchley at the University of Victoria in Canada and he provides letterpress works, photographs, typings and credits. These works were subsequently published in Atchley's Notebook 1 (1970), a work also held by the Sackner Archive. -- 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.

Houedard mentions Jonathan Williams, Ronald Johnson, John and Astrid Furnival and Ken Cox. Houedard writes at the page bottom, "just did poem for polluted lake: dedicated to ernst jandl: vienna circle: WA wa wa - WA wa wa - LLLLL - tz tz" The Polluted Lake Series was edited and published by d.a. levy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.