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Inventory of the San Francisco Oracle Archives, 1966-1991;(1966-1968 bulk)
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Series 1 Office Records

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Contains advertisement samples, articles, business records and correspondence, flyers, original artwork, photographs, posters, transcripts of posters and interviews, and speeches.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Box 1:1

Add Samples

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23 pp. of samples of advertisements from volume 1 number 2
Box 1:2

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23 pp. of samples of advertisements from volume 1 number 3
Box 1:3

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24 pp. of samples of advertisements from volume 1 number 4
Box 1:4

Artwork

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Box 1:5

Artwork

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Box 1:6

Artwork

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Box 1:7

Correspondence

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11 letters
Box 1:8

Correspondence

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9 letters
Box 1:9

Correspondence

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13 letters to the editor
Box 1:10

Correspondence

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8 letters requesting issues/subscriptions
Box 1:11

Correspondence

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1 letter from Michael McClure to Guru (n.d.)
Box 1:12

Correspondence

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1 letter from Gary Snyder to Allen Cohen (dated 3.VI)
Box 1:13

Correspondence

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1 note from Gary Snyder to Allen Cohen (n.d.)
Box 1:14

Correspondence

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Photocopies of letters regarding the Lenny Bruce trial (1964-1965)
Box 1:15

Essays

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1 letter, 3 essays, 1 copy of Indian Peace Songs, 3 pp. notes, 1 newsclipping
Box 1:16

Essays

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"Many Smokes" volume 2 number 2 (2 copies); 1 newsclipping
Box 1:17

Essays

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3 letters, 9 pp. notes, 2 poems, 8 essays
Box 1:18

Essays

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3 letters, 5 pp. notes, 1 copy of the "Omnibus Bill"
Box 1:19

Essays

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1 newsletter; 9 photocopies of drawings of Native Americans
Box 1:20

Flyers

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11 flyers
Box 3:5

Flyers

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3 flyers
Box 1:21

General Information

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31 pp. notes, 1 typewriter manual
Box 1:22

Interview

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49 pp. typescript of interview with Chinmayananda
Box 1:23

Interview

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21 pp. typescript of interview with Chinmayananda
Box 1:24

Interview

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7 pp. typescript of interview with Dr. Buckminster Fuller
Box 1:25

Interview

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49 pp. typescript of "2000 AD - A Symposium" interview with Carl Rogers, Alan Watts, and Herman Kahn
Box 1:26

Interview

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105 pp. annotated typescript of "Where Do We Go From Here?", roundtable discussion at Sausalito, California with Alan Watts, Gary Snyder, Timothy Leary, and Allen Ginsberg
Box 1:27

Interview

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164 pp. annotated typescript of "Where Do We Go From Here?"
Box 1:28

Interview

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101 pp. annotated typescript of "Where Do We Go From Here?"
Box 1:29

Interview

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101 pp. annotated typescript of "Where Do We Go From Here?"
Box 1:30

Map

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1 map titled "Indian Country"
Box 3:6

Newspapers

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1 copy of "Oracle of Southern California;" 1 copy of "Oracle" volume 1 numbers 2 and 4
Box 14:6

Newspapers; San Francisco Oracle by a different publisher, November 1968

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Box 14:7

Newspapers; Oracle by a different publisher, n.d.

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Box 3:3

Original artwork

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Box 1:31

Photographs

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Photo spots for The San Francisco Oracle volume 1 number 6 by unknown photographer
Box 1:32

Photographs

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Photo by Mark Green, Nu-Al Enterprises
Box 1:33

Photographs

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Photo spots by Ken Pate including photos of Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg
Box 1:34

Photographs

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Photo spots by M. Rachoff
Box 1:35

Photographs>

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Photograph by Brian E. Rybolt
Box 1:36

Photographs

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Photograph by Hap Stewart
Box 1:37

Photographs

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Photo spots by unknown photographer including group photo of Allen Ginsberg and Timothy Leary
Box 1:38

Photographs

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Photographs, photo spots, and negatives by unknown photographer
Box 3:2

Poetry; Collier, John, Jr. "Who Is An Indian?"

Physical Description: 1 poem from centerfold of The San Francisco Oracle volume 1 number 8

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Box 3:1

Poetry; Oppenheimer, Joel. "When the Drums Stopped"

Physical Description: 1 broadside

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Box 3:4

Posters

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6 posters; 8 pp. from The San Francisco Oracle Facisimile Edition,
Box 14:8

Poster, 1991

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Box 1:39

Publication Materials

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31 pp. notes
Box 1:40

Publication Materials

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31 pp. notes
Box 1:41

Publication Materials

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Clippings from journals, newspapers, and brochures
Box 1:42

Scholars - Native American; [Snyder, Gary]. Scholars, American Indian.

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1 list (2 pp.)
Box 1:43

Speech; Smith, Neill.

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6 pp. typescript of speech given at Esalen; 1 letter
Box 1:44

Speech; Theobold, Robert.

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29 pp. typescript of speech, 1 p. notes
 

Series 2 Essays and Poetry

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Contains articles, essays, and poems submitted for publication.
Arranged alphabetically by author.

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Box 1:45

Adami, Adam. Center Icarus, poetry

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1 p., 1 note
Box 1:46

Arthur, Gavin. Evolution from the Point of View of Cosmic Consciousness, essay

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30 pp. (1 original plus 1 photocopy)
Box 1:47

B., S. Living with the Land, essay

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10 pp. (1 original plus 1 photocopy)
Box 1:48

Baker, Tom. Collected Poems, poetry

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3 pp.
Box 1:49

Barker. Blind Jerry, essay

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5 pp.
Box 1:50

Bautista, Tony. The War, poetry

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2 pp.
Box 1:51

Bhaktivedanta, Swami A. C. Krishma, the Reservoir of Pleasure, essay

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16 pp.
Box 1:52

Bilker, Harvey L. Genetic Faux Pas, essay

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5 pp. (photocopy of original), 1 letter, 1 newsclipping
Box 1:53

Branaman, Susan. The World, essay

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1 p.
Box 1:54

Brownton, Page. Rainbow Warrior Vision, poetry

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4 pp.
Box 1:55

Calypso Joe Press Secretary. General Hershey Bar Report on the "American-scene," essay

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2 pp.
Box 1:56

Chilton, Roger. Dear Mom, essay

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15 pp. (1 original plus 1 carbon copy)
Box 1:57

Cohen, Allen. In memoriam - For Superspade and John Carter, essay

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2 pp.
Box 1:58

Collier, John, Jr. The America Indian and the Long Hope, essay

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18 pp. (1 original plus 5 annotated carbon copies)
Box 1:59

Collier, John, Jr. Who Is An Indian? poetry

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30 pp. (1 original plus 4 annotated copies)
Box 1:60

Coyote Books (Koller, James). Songs of the Teton Sioux, poetry

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11 pp.; 1 letter
Box 1:61

Dodd, Bill. Collected Essays, essay

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19 pp.
Box 1:62

DuGuid, James G. Why? poetry

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1 p.
Box 1:63

Elgalin. [Untitled], poetry

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1 p.
Box 1:64

Forman, Betty. [Untitled], poetry

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1 p.
Box 1:65

Goldhill, Gary. [Untitled], essay

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1 p.
Box 1:66

Grimm, Gene. Teo-Nanacatl, essay

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4 pp.
Box 1:67

Gronek, Cynthia Edelman. News from the Underground - Mexico Division, essay

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3 pp.
Box 1:68

Hannon, Mike. Collected Poems, poetry

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8 pp.
Box 1:69

Helbing, Carl. The Gossipping Guru, essay

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9 pp.
Box 1:70

Hoyem, Andrew. Frontier, poetry

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1 p.
Box 1:71

Kaufman, Bob. Unhistorical Events; Cocoa Morning, poetry

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1 p.
Box 1:72

Korbe, Sister Mary Norbert; Pacifica, Sister Mary. [Untitled], poetry

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4 pp. (1 original plus 1 carbon copy)
Box 1:73

Krolik, Steven Richard. Appointment with the Divine, essay

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8 pp.
Box 1:74

Lamantia, Philip. Selected Poems, poetry

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7 pp.
Box 1:75

Leiper, Steve. [Untitled], essay; poetry

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24 pp.
Box 1:76

Levine, Steve. Collected Essays, essay

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7 pp.
Box 1:77

Lewis, Tom. Florentina, essay

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1 pp., 1 note
Box 1:78

Lonidier, Lynn. P, poetry

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2 pp.; 1 note, 1 card
Box 1:79

Marlowe, Gary. Poems, poetry

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30 pp.
Box 1:80

Melton, Frank. Super Cow the Effect of Trying, poetry

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1 p.
Box 1:81

Metzner, Ralph. The Play of the Universe, essay

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17 pp. (1 original plus 2 carbon copies)
Box 1:82

Metzner, Ralph; Leary, Timothy. On Programming Psychedelic Experiences, essay

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12 pp. (1 copy of original)
Box 1:83

Millward, Pamela. Park Songs for Two Kinds of Voices, poetry

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2 pp. (1 original plus 1 carbon copy)
Box 1:84

Monroe, Harry. Collection of Essays and Poems, essay; poetry

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96 pp.
Box 1:85

Montgomery, John. O Great Light, poetry

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1 p.
Box 1:86

Moore, Daniel. This Body, poetry

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1 p.
Box 1:87

Moser, Norman. The Wildest Dream, essay

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3 pp., 1 letter
Box 1:88

Musgrave, Sue. Eight Poems on Love, poetry

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6 pp.
Box 1:89

O'Neil, Jimmie. [Untitled], poetry

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1 p.
Box 1:90

Ramsey, Starr. [Untitled], poetry

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2 pp.
Box 1:91

Resurgence Youth Movement. [Untitled], essay

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1 p.
Box 1:92

Rothernberg. How Isaac Tens Became a Shamansu, essay

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41 pp. (1 original plus 3 drafts/copies)
Box 1:93

Samons, James. Poem, poetry

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Box 1:94

Sammons, Bob. Genesis, poetry

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2 pp.
Box 1:95

Sandberg, ? [Untitled], poetry

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2 pp.
Box 1:96

Schwartzberg, Benedict. The Initiation of Crazy Horse, essay

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3 pp.
Box 1:97

Seeley, Wally. [Untitled], essay

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1 p.
Box 1:98

Shettren, John. Red Flower Run Dance -- Ten Seconds, poetry

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2 pp.
Box 1:99

Smith, Frank. Proclaim Burroughs Spurting Roses, poetry

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1 p.
Box 1:100

Snyder, Gary. A Curse on the Men in Washington, Pentagon, poetry

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1 p.
Box 1:101

Snyder, Gary. Suwa-No-Se Island and the Banyan Ashram, essay

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10 pp.
Box 1:102

Snyder, Gary. Willow, poem

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1 p.
Box 1:103

Spencer, Sam. [Untitled], essay

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2 pp.
Box 1:104

Stark, Clemens. Perimeter, poetry

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1 p.; 1 letter
Box 1:105

Sussmann, Leonard. [Untitled], essay; poem

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33 pp.
Box 1:106

Tsongas, George. The iiiii, essay

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4 pp.
Box 1:107

Tucker, Barri. Collected Poems, poetry

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2 pp.
Box 1:108

Vega, Janine Pommy. Poems to Fernando, poetry

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2 pp.
Box 1:109

Walford, Roy L. Collected Poems, poetry

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2 pp.
Box 1:110

Walker, T. Mike. Alphabetica Metaphysica, poetry

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1 p.
Box 1:111

Watts, Alan. Annam Brahman - Food is God, essay

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5 pp. (1 copy of original)
Box 1:112

Wechsler, Jill. Collected Poems, poetry

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5 pp.
Box 1:113

Weiss, Alexander. Collected Poems, poetry

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5 pp.; 1 note
Box 1:114

Welch, Lew. Final City - Tap City, essay

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4 pp.
Box 1:115

Whalen, Philip. Collected Poems, poetry

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13 pp. (6 originals plus 5 photocopies)
Box 1:116

Witherup, William. Collected Poems, poetry

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5 pp. (2 originals plus 1 photocopy)
Box 1:117

?, Tony. Collected Poems, poetry

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5 pp. (3 originals plus 1 carbon copy)
Box 1:118

Unidentified. By a Friend - Jim, poetry

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2 pp. (2 carbon copies)
Box 1:119

Unidentified. Crucifixion, poetry

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2 pp.
Box 1:120

Unidentified. Mantra for Rattle, poetry

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1 p.
Box 1:121

Unidentified. Middle of a Long Poem on 'These States,' poetry

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5 pp.
Box 1:122

Unidentified. Untitled for Diane, poetry

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7 pp.
Box 1:123

Unidentified. [Untitled], essay

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23 pp.
Box 1:124

Unidentified. [Untitled], poetry

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10 pp.
 

Series 3 Original Issues,1966-1968

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Ten of the twelve original issues of The San Francisco Oracle. For a complete example of all twelve issues, please see The San Francisco Oracle, Facsimile Edition, (1991) edited by Allen Cohen.
Arranged by issue number.

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Box 14:1

Vol. 1, no. 1 September 20, 1966

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Box 14:2

Vol. 1, no. 3 November 1966

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Box 14:3

Vol. 1, no. 4 December 16, 1966

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Box 14:4

Vol. 1, no. 5 January 1967

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Box 14:5

Vol. 1, no. 6 February 1967

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Box 2:1

Vol. 1, no. 7 April 1967

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Box 2:2

Vol. 1, no. 8 June 1967

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Box 2:3

Vol. 1, no. 9 August 1967

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Box 2:4

Vol. 1, no. 10 October 1967

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Box 2:5

Vol. 1, no. 11 December 1967

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Series 4 Publication Materials

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Publication materials such as original artwork, page layouts, paste-ups, photo negatives, and photomechanical transfers.
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Box 4:1

Page layout negatives for volume 1 number 2

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Box 4:2

Page layout negatives for volume 1 number 2

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Box 4:3

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 3

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Box 4:4

Page layout negatives for volume 1 number 4

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Box 4:5

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 4

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Box 5:1

Page layout negatives for volume 1 number 5

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Box 5:2

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 5

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Box 5:3

Page layout negatives for volume 1 number 6

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Box 5:4

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 6

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Box 5:5

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 6

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Box 6:1

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 7

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Box 6:2

Page layout negatives for volume 1 number 7

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Box 6:3

Page layout negatives for volume 1 number 7

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Box 6:4

Page layout negatives for volume 1 number 7

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Box 7:1

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 7

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Box 7:2

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 7

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Box 7:3

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 7

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Box 7:4

Page layout designs for unknown volume

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Box 8:1

Page layout designs and negatives for volume 1 number 8

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Box 8:2

Page layout negatives for volume 1 number 8

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Box 8:3

Page layout designs and negatives for volume 1 number 8

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Box 8:4

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 8

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Box 8:5

Page layout designs and negatives for volume 1 number 8

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Box 9:1

Page layout negatives for volume 1 number 9

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Box 9:2

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 9

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Box 9:3

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 9

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Box 9:4

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 9

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Box 10:1

Page layout negatives for volume 1 number 10

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Box 10:2

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 10

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Box 10:3

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 10

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Box 10:4

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 10

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Box 11:1

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 11

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Box 11:2

Page layout negatives for volume 1 number 11

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Box 11:3

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 12

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Box 11:4

Page layout designs for volume 1 number 12

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Box 11:5

Page layout negative for volume 1 number 12

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Box 12:1

Page layout designs, unidentified/unused

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Box 12:2

Page layout designs, unidentified/unused

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Box 12:3

Page layout designs, unidentified/unused

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Box 12:4

Page layout negatives, unidentified/unused

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Box 13:1

Page layout designs, unidentified/unused

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Box 13:2

Page layout designs, unidentified/unused

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