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Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015

 Person

Found in 180 Collections and/or Records:

Unpublished: [O! O! O! O! O! O! O! O! O!] [55] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57481-10000774
Scope and Contents

Nine typed O! are spaced in a face-like configuration. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [OLD SOLDIER CONDOR] [51] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57477-10000768
Scope and Contents

The image is a soldier standing on New York skyscrapers. A four line poem is at page bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [ON THE IMMINENT 1] [32] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57453-10000744
Scope and Contents

This is the first version of the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [ON THE IMMINENT 2] [33] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57454-10000745
Scope and Contents

This is a modified and simplified version of the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [PEOPLE ENJOYING] [41] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57465-10000755
Scope and Contents

A figure of a man on skis reads "As you can clearly see this man loves to ski." A figure of a man swinging a golf club reads "This man enjoys playing golf." There is also a typed ball on a tee at the bottom of the page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [SANDBURG] [50] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57476-10000767
Scope and Contents

The image is a figure of a man (Carl Sandburg?) holding a sign that reads "THE PEOPLE YES", with graphite markings over portions of the typings. A four line poem is at page bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [SITWELL BIRD] [52] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57478-10000770
Scope and Contents

The image is a bird-like woman standing at a lecturn. A four line poem is at page bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [SNAKE 1] [26] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57433-10000722
Scope and Contents

This first version of the poem SNAKE reads "good by old slitherer god i was scared." The typo of god was corrected in version 2 and an exclamation point was added at the end. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [SNAKE 2] [25] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57434-10000724
Scope and Contents

The poem in the shape of a snake reads "good by old slitherer god was i scared!" This second version ends with an exclamation point and corrects the typo in the word "god" in the first version -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [The Story of my Life] [49] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57475-10000766
Scope and Contents

The full page image is a figure of a man, supposedly a portrait of WJS, with graphite markings over portions of the typings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [this man loves to dive] [45] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57469-10000760
Scope and Contents

The figure of a man enjoying sitting in a contour chair is at the bottom of the page.The top is a figure diving off a board. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Unpublished: [WOMAN AT BEAUTY PARLOR] [56] / Smith, William Jay., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-57482-10000775
Scope and Contents

The image is of a woman who enjoys sitting under a hair dryer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958