Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015
Found in 180 Collections and/or Records:
Unpublished: [O! O! O! O! O! O! O! O! O!] [55] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
Nine typed O! are spaced in a face-like configuration. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Unpublished: [OLD SOLDIER CONDOR] [51] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
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.
Unpublished: [ON THE IMMINENT 1] [32] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
This is the first version of the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Unpublished: [ON THE IMMINENT 2] [33] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
This is a modified and simplified version of the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Unpublished: [PARENTHESIS] [31] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
Unpublished: [PEOPLE ENJOYING] [41] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
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.
Unpublished: [SANDBURG] [50] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
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.
Unpublished: [SITWELL BIRD] [52] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
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.
Unpublished: [SKIER 1] [38] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
Unpublished: [SKIER 2] [39] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
Unpublished: [SKIER 3] [40] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
Unpublished: [SNAKE 1] [26] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
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.
Unpublished: [SNAKE 2] [25] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
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.
Unpublished: [The Story of my Life] [49] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
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.
Unpublished: [this man loves to dive] [45] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
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.
Unpublished: [WOMAN AT BEAUTY PARLOR] [56] / Smith, William Jay., 1958
The image is of a woman who enjoys sitting under a hair dryer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.