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
Gay American poet.
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.
Collecting program: Human Sexuality Collection.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
R. George-Murray poetry pamphlets, #7760. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 |
A Dozen Words or So
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 20)
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Box 1 |
About a Cat
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 25 signed)
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Box 1 |
As Told By...
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 20)
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Box 1 |
Attic Window Slow Clouds Drifting
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Box 1 |
Cat
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 100 signed)
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Box 1 |
Christmas Baubles
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Box 1 |
Circumstances Happen
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 25 signed)
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Box 1 |
Down Among the Bubbles
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 10 signed)
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Box 1 |
Down the Drain
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 25 signed)
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Box 1 |
Dream of You
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 10 signed)
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Box 1 |
Flute Music
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Box 1 |
Fox Day
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Scope and Contents
(with drawings by Jackson Schulte)
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Box 1 |
Fresh from the Treadmill
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 25)
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Box 1 |
G - Burn This
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Box 1 |
Grandma George's Dream Cookies...
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Box 1 |
Holes in the Sky
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Box 1 |
If I Had Clouds of Ink...
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(broadside)
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Box 1 |
Industrial Strength
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 25 signed)
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Box 1 |
Is It Monday?
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 15)
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Box 1 |
JC4
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 24)
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Box 1 |
JC5
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 26)
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Box 1 |
JC6
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 25)
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Box 1 |
Lavender Soap
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Box 1 |
Marshall Last Night
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Box 1 |
Nearer to God: Six Poems
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 20 signed)
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Box 1 |
Never by Name: Poems
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Box 1 |
Never by Name: A Dozen Poems on God
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 20 signed)
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Box 1 |
Off Duty: Ten Poems
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 20 signed)
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Box 1 |
Raucous
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Box 1 |
17 1/2 Views of Alfredo
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 20 signed)
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Box 1 |
Six Poems
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Box 1 |
Six Years Before: A Terse Memoir
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 20 signed)
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Box 1 |
Some Poems
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Box 1 |
Somewhere I Lost the Thread
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 20 signed)
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Box 1 |
There's a Leak in My Leisure Suit...
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Box 1 |
Thin Edge
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 10 signed)
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Box 1 |
This Playground Closes at Dusk
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 15 signed)
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Box 1 |
Truth: Important Poems
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Box 1 |
Wallowing
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Box 1 |
Your Underwear
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 35 signed)
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Box 1 |
Zen Perc (or not).
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Scope and Contents
(1 of 20)
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Box 2 |
Artwork, ca. 1968-2007
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