R. George-Murray poetry pamphlets and artwork, circa 1968-2007.
Collection Number: 7760

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
R. George-Murray poetry pamphlets and artwork, circa 1968-2007.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
7760
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.
Creator:
George-Murray, R. (Richard)
Quanitities:
.4 cubic feet.
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. He started making them in the late 1960s and continued until shortly before he died.
NOTES

Collecting program: Human Sexuality Collection.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

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

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