Guide to the R. George-Murray Poetry Pamphlets,
1980-2007.

Collection Number: 7760

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Sarah Keen
Date completed:
March 2010
EAD encoding:
Sarah Keen, March 2010

© 2009 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
R. George-Murray poetry pamphlets, 1980-2007.
Collection Number:
7760
Creator:
R.(Richard) George-Murray
Quantity:
72 items.
Forms of Material:
Pamphlets
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Small pamphlets resembling chapbooks, each containing one or several poems on erotic or philosophical subjects. Some are printed, others handwritten, and others have text printed out from a computer and then mounted on paper decorated by hand.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Gay American poet.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Forty-two small pamphlets issued between 1980 and 2007 resembling chapbooks, each containing one or several poems on erotic or philosophical subjects. Some are printed, others handwritten, and others have text printed out from a computer and then mounted on paper decorated by hand. Also, 30 pieces of George-Murray's erotic artwork, collage and mixed media (fabric, thread, photographs, and paint). Most of the art incorporates written words. The pieces are 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches or smaller.
SUBJECTS

Names:
George-Murray, R.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
R. George-Murray poetry pamphlets, #7760. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
NOTES

Collecting program: Human Sexuality Collection.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
A Dozen Words or So
Box 1
(1 of 20)
About a Cat
Box 1
(1 of 25 signed)
As Told By...
Box 1
(1 of 20)
Attic Window Slow Clouds Drifting
Box 1
Cat
Box 1
(1 of 100 signed)
Christmas Baubles
Box 1
Circumstances Happen
Box 1
(1 of 25 signed)
Down Among the Bubbles
Box 1
(1 of 10 signed)
Down the Drain
Box 1
(1 of 25 signed)
Dream of You
Box 1
(1 of 10 signed)
Flute Music
 Box 1
Fox Day
 Box 1
(with drawings by Jackson Schulte)
Fresh from the Treadmill
Box 1
(1 of 25)
G - Burn This
Box 1
Grandma George's Dream Cookies...
Box 1
Holes in the Sky
Box 1
If I Had Clouds of Ink...
 Box 1
(broadside)
Industrial Strength
Box 1
(1 of 25 signed)
Is It Monday?
Box 1
(1 of 15)
JC4
Box 1
(1 of 24)
JC5
Box 1
(1 of 26)
JC6
Box 1
(1 of 25)
Lavender Soap
Box 1
Marshall Last Night
Box 1
Nearer to God: Six Poems
Box 1
(1 of 20 signed)
Never by Name: Poems
Box 1
Never by Name: A Dozen Poems on God
Box 1
(1 of 20 signed)
Off Duty: Ten Poems
Box 1
(1 of 20 signed)
Raucous
Box 1
17 1/2 Views of Alfredo
Box 1
(1 of 20 signed)
Six Poems
Box 1
Six Years Before: A Terse Memoir
Box 1
(1 of 20 signed)
Some Poems
Box 1
Somewhere I Lost the Thread
Box 1
(1 of 20 signed)
There's a Leak in My Leisure Suit...
Box 1
Thin Edge
Box 1
(1 of 10 signed)
This Playground Closes at Dusk
Box 1
(1 of 15 signed)
Truth: Important Poems
Box 1
Wallowing
Box 1
Your Underwear
Box 1
(1 of 35 signed)
Zen Perc (or not).
Box 1
(1 of 20)
Artwork, ca. 1968-2007
 Box 2