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Box 4

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Contains 5 Results:

Correspondence to Petra Vogt, 1970-1971, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents Correspondence includes a note from S.B.I., postmarked Paris, July 28, 1970, to Vogt in Italy, on the back of a printed Living Theatre notice for “Paradise Now.” There are two letters on stationery from West Bengal. One dated April 7, 1971, is from Diana, mentioning that she had heard Petra had left Italy and Carol had died. The same letter also informed Petra that Birgit had told her that Petra was currently in Morocco making a movie with Pierre. The second letter...
Dates: 1970-1971, undated
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Petra Vogt papers / Correspondence, Artwork and Topical Files

Correspondence to Petra Vogt and Ira Cohen, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Correspondence includes an undated postcard and a letter, June 19, from “Geo” (George?) addressed to “Most Precious Fools”; an undated letter from Ross to Ira, wishing Ira good luck with his new book; and a typed undated letter from Tina and Steve to “My Lord and Lady,” with both Petra and Ira possibly then in Chicago. Tina writes that her editor loves her new book and that George has gone back to New Orleans where they all hope to celebrate Mardi Gras with Vogt and Cohen.

Dates: undated
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Petra Vogt papers / Correspondence, Artwork and Topical Files

Correspondence from Alden Taylor Mann (Tad) to Petra Vogt, 1974 December 2

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Several items dated from September to December, 1974, apparently all sent at one time to Petra in Kathmandu, Nepal, from London, in which Tad discusses his work on astrology and mandalas for a wealthy client, and wonders if she has returned easily to the Eastern fold. Tad also discusses his experiments with a pendulum and sends transcriptions of his psychic flash experiences.

Dates: 1974 December 2
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Petra Vogt papers / Correspondence, Artwork and Topical Files

Correspondence of Dana Young, 1974, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Includes five autograph postcards from Young to Ira Cohen and Petra Vogt, two of them with the inscriptions “from the alchemical wing” and “offering of the opium embryo”.

There are three postcards with apparent poems by Young, which have been trimmed or cut, possibly by Petra for a collage.

Also present is one holograph manuscript of a visionary poem on brown paper. Most items are signed only with the star glyph of Dana Young.

Dates: 1974, undated
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Petra Vogt papers / Correspondence, Artwork and Topical Files

Correspondence from Peter? to Petra Vogt, 1970, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Correspondence includes a typed letter written from North Wales, October 22, 1970, asking Petra to visit, an undated note with a drawing of a bird from Peter, and two postcards possibly from Peter, both mentioning Marcia, and one telling Petra they were going to Crete.

Dates: 1970, undated
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Petra Vogt papers / Correspondence, Artwork and Topical Files