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Catalogue

See appendix for a list of the original box order.

HMM’s Personalia pre 1944
Box 1
Correspondence and photographs relating to HMM’s brother Daniel 1943 - 45.  1/1

Box 2
Photo album with a small amount of photographs of Bull Fighting event.  2/1
Cheque book.  2/2
Army Medal:  Purple Heart.  Awarded to Daniel Matusow for military service.   2/3
Scrapbooks and US Air Force publications belonging to Daniel Matusow.  2/4
US Army magazines and 1943 World Series Programme, New York Yankees vs St. Louis Cardinals.  2/5
High School magazines.  2/6

Box 3
Greetings cards from 1944.   3/1
Greetings cards from 1944.   3/2
Greetings cards and correspondence 1930s and early 1940s.  3/3
Correspondence 1939-44.  3/4
Matusow family photographs.   3/5
HMM’s ration books.  3/6
HMM’s high school year book senior year 1944.  3/7
Notes about HMM writing his autobiography.  3/8

 

Personalia 1950s and 60s
Box 4
Father's death certificate. Daughter Ann's baptism certificate.  HMM’s will of 1969.   
Documents relating to divorce from Arvilla Peterson Bentley Matusow Sept 1953.  4/1

Vaccination certificates.  Glasses prescription Anna Lockwood 1969.  Medical cards.  Mormon certificate of baptism Oct 1954.  Share certificates.   Anna Lockwood’s Passport.  4/2

Rent claims for N.Y. apartment.  HMM prison release documents August 11th 1961.Court summons to HMM for allegedly assaulting his wife Beatrice.  Anna Lockwood's birth certificate and marriage certificate to HMM.  HMM marriage certificate to Ellen Raskin 22 June 1955.  Rejection of copyright application for “Stringless Yoyo” toy August 28 1957.  Order for cassette recorders from Philips Electrical Ltd 1971. 2 passport photographs of Anna Lockwood.  Correspondence regarding investigation into Leo Wyoming by the USA House of Representative - 3 letters 1973.  Car insurance document.  Armed forces orders issued to HMM.  4/3

Documentation relating to various insurance policies HMM took out in early 1970s.  4/4

Documentation relating to divorce proceedings of HMM from his Wife Beatrice S. Wolf.  Correspondence between HMM and Lombard Bank regarding a personal travel loan.
Application for Exemption from examination and registration of a film by HMM, 12 June 1967.  Magazine Productionwise May 1957.  4/5

Telephone and address books.  HMM passports.  Instructions about baby feeding.  4/6
Diaries and address book.  4/7
Miscellaneous business cards.  4/8

 

Box 5
Birthday cards.  Autograph books.  Address and telephone books.  Certificate to commemorate a tree-planting ceremony in memory of HMM’s father.  Note books.  Rent book for the Gate House Cottage.  Road maps of Ingatestone.

Box 6
Dwight D Eisenhower’s Presidential Inauguration programme and Inaugural ball.  6/1
Restaurant Menus.  6/2 
Greetings cards from HMM’s children and ephemera.  6/3
Press cuttings and documents relating to HMM’s marriage to Mrs Arvilla Peterson Bentley Matusow.  6/4
Photos relating to HMM’s marriage to Mrs Arvilla Peterson Bentley Matusow.  6/5

 

Army
Box 7
Personal correspondence between HMM and his mother 1944-47.  7/1
5 issues of magazine Yank The Army Weekly7/2

Box 8
HMM’s army service record and allied papers.  8/1
File containing documentation relating to HMM’s service in the US armed forces.  8/2
Documentation regarding HMM’s enlistment into the US Air Force.  8/3
Documentation mostly relating to HMM’s discharge from the army 1952-53.  8/4
Miscellaneous Army documents.  8/5
Photographs of HMM during his service in the USAF.  (5 Folders)  8/6

 

Prison
Box 9
Correspondence relating to HMM’s imprisonment 1955-60.  9/1
Photographs of prison life.  9/2
Magazines and press cuttings.  9/3

Box 10
2 sketch books.  10/1
Correspondence between HMM and Beatrice Wolfe.  10/2
Correspondence between HMM and Albert Kahn and his wife Ellie.  10/3
Prison documentation: order forms, lists of authorised correspondents, short story written by HMM.  10/4
Correspondence between HMM and his wife Beatrice Wolfe.  10/5
Miscellaneous correspondence.  10/6
Miscellaneous correspondence, poetry by HMM and letter regarding parole status.  10/7
List of paintings HMM completed whilst in prison, drafts of various articles and short stories.  10/8
Day diary by HMM addressed to his wife Beatrice Wolfe.  10/9
Correspondence mostly between HMM and his mother.  10/10
Miscellaneous greetings cards and postcards, correspondence and press cuttings.  10/11
Black file containing poetry written by HMM.  10/12
Black file containing correspondence between HMM and friend call Al.  10/13

 

Box 11
HMM’s diary regarding his final days in prison.  11/1
Partial draft of Cockyboo by HMM.  Draft of article The elusive handshake by HMM.  Draft of Further adventures of Harvey Matusow by Dick Adler.  11/2
Correspondence with HMM’s third wife Beatrice and daughter Ann. 1956 -66.  11/3

Box 12
Data for HMM's 1969 campaign for narcotics prisoners and prisoners of conscience.   12/1 & 12/2
Letters to International Times from convicted prisoners in various countries.  12/3
Copies of The American Exile in Britain. Issues 1 and 2 March/April 1969.  1 Copy of Behind Bars: The Prison Experience12/4
Brief by J. W. Spellman submitted to the Committee of Inquiry into the Non-Medical use of Drugs - Government of Canada.  Addressed to HMM.  12/5
Correspondence regarding the imprisonment of Mr Hans Van der Aar in Germany 1968.  12/6
Correspondence and press cuttings re Turkish prisons.  12/7

Box 13
Publication The case for Radical Alternatives to Prison (11 copies).  RAP fact sheet and statement of aims.   13/1
RAP news letters, press cuttings, minutes of meetings and other documentation relating to the operations of R.A.P.  13/2
Press cuttings and correspondence to and from HMM regarding RAP activities.  13/3
Correspondence to and from HMM regarding RAP activities, minutes of meetings,  magazine Pentonview - publication written by and for Pentonville Prison inmates 1970s (2 issues).  13/4
Transcripts from Paul Waldman’s trial and Police reports.  13/5

 

Music 1966-73
Box 14
Newspaper cutting relating to a ‘glass concert’ by Anna Lockwood.  14/1
2 Copy of Music and Musicians Magazine Jan 1966.  Copy of TV Times magazine; listing of programme about HMM and Anna Lockwood.  Photocopies of press cuttings.  14/2
Proof of article about John Cage written in French.  14/3
Correspondence and other documentation relating to HMM’s band: Jews Harp Band.  14/4
Ephemera relating to the annual Avant Garde Festival of New York.  14/5
Press cuttings related to HMM and Anna Lockwood getting married for the 8th time.  14/6
Press cutting and some correspondence relating to HMM’s band: Jews Harp Band.  14/7

Box 15
Press cuttings regarding music work of HMM 1966-72.  15/1
Photographs mostly showing the work of Anna Lockwood 1966-72.  15/2

Box 16
Correspondence relating to HMM and Anna Lockwood’s music work.  16/1
Proposal and outline of book by HMM The Source Book of Experimental Sound. 16/2
Magazines and newspaper cuttings relating to the music and work of Anna Lockwood and HMM.  Press cuttings relating to the ICES.   16/3
Large photographs showing Anna Lockwood and HMM playing the piano.  Also includes some other photographs of Anna Lockwood and HMM.  16/4

Box 17
Correspondence, flyers and articles regarding HMM’s group: Naked Software 1971 - 1973.

Box 18a & b
Correspondence regarding ICES: International Carnival of Electronic Sound 1970-73. From concertina file alphabetically sorted.  Also see box 13.

 

Business and underground activities
Box 19
Correspondence relating to royalty payment to HMM for the “Stringless YoYo” toy.  19/1
Documentation relating to patent applications for the “Stringless YoYo” toy.  19/2
Photographs of the “Stringless YoYo” toy.  19/3
Documentation relating to the manufacture and sale of the “Stringless YoYo” toy in U.K. 1972-73   19/4

Box 20
Miscellaneous business correspondence 1972-3.  20/1
Miscellaneous business correspondence 1972-3.  20/2
Business correspondence filed alphabetically 1972-3.  20/3

Box 21
Press cuttings and correspondence relating to HMM’s group: the International Society for the Abolition of Data Processing Machines 1968-1970.  21/1
Press cuttings, journals and photographs relating to HMM involvement in anti-computer campaign 1968 - 1969 (3 folders).  21/2
Correspondence mostly relating to publishing of HMM’s book Beast of Business 1968.  21/3
Drafts of articles written by HMM regarding the anti computer campaign.  BBC world service script Privacy and the Individual.   21/4
Documentation relating to a ‘Workshop on the data bank society’.  7inch vinyl  Computer composites21/5

Box 22
Journal: Orgonomic Functionalism:  Selected issues 1958 - 1964 (incomplete).  22/1
Articles, cuttings and correspondence relating to Wilhelm Reich 1969.  22/2
Trial record of USA vs Wilhelm Reich May 3rd - 7th 1956.  22/3

Box 23
Drafts and correspondence relating to HMM’s articles about Wilhelm Reich.  23/1
Editorials, reports and articles by various different writers about the persecution of Wilhelm Reich.  23/2

Box 24
Correspondence with Stanley Marsh of Amarillo, Texas, 1971-4.

Box 25
Correspondence with Stanley Marsh of Amarillo, Texas, 1971-4.

Box 26
Correspondence1954-1965 from concertina file alphabetically sorted.  26/1
Press cuttings, New York Giants official game programme 1955, personal correspondence.  26/2

Box 27
Draft and correspondence relating to HMM’s involvement in the proposed book:  How to Corrupt Nearly Everybody by Nicholas Darvas.  27/1
Draft articles, including: The Harvey Matusow Lunklite Diary.  Anti-matter.  Correspondence and press cuttings.  Loose unrelated material:  speech by Douglas Macarthur to United States Congress.  Cover of Time magazine July 13 1953, election campaign letter imploring support.  27/2
Correspondence between HMM and Angus Cameron.  27/3
Correspondence between HMM and Robert Cohen.  27/4
Correspondence between HMM and Paul O’Dwyer.  27/5
Draft of report written by HMM:  Work outline for training manual in administrative field. 1951.  27/6
The Ford Foundation Annual Report 1964About the Ford Foundation (Booklet explaining the function of the Ford Foundation).  27/7
Correspondence and documentation relating to grant application by HMM to the Rabinowitz Foundation to complete his book “The Stringless YoYo” 1965.  27/8
Application forms to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation relating to grant application to fund research for the Art Collectors Almanac.  27/9

Box 28
Correspondence between HMM and Elizabeth Stevens - 1966 (2 letters).  28/1
Documentation relating to liable case HMM against Richard H Rovere 1962.  28/2
Documentation relating to separation of HMM from his wife Beatrice Matusow and custody of their daughter Ann Matusow 1965 - 66.  28/3
Correspondence between HMM and Peggy Gerding regarding petition of paternity.
1965.  28/4
Correspondence between HMM and New York University 1965.  28/5
Correspondence between HMM and United States Department of Justice 1965 and related press cuttings.  28/6
Renewal magazine, Sept, Oct, Nov 1965.  28/7
Correspondence between HMM and Jerry Landay 1965.  28/8
Correspondence between HMM and Joseph A. List Counsellor at law regarding HMM debt to Lincoln Typographers Inc1965.  28/9
Documentation relating to HMM’s job applications 1962.  28/10
Documentation relating to HMM’s job applications 1955.  28/11
Resumes and job applications 1962.  28/12
Correspondence between HMM and Peter Goldman 1966 - 68.  28/13
Certificate of appointment of HMM to the Office of Notary Public 1949.  ts letter J.W Raleigh (New Zealand Customs Department) to HMM 8/9/1967.  28/14

Box 29 
Correspondence regarding HMM’s speaking engagements 1969-72.  29/1
Correspondence between HMM and Stan Cohen 1969-72.  29/2

Box 30
Correspondence and general documentation relating to HMM’s underground films 1965.  30/1
Correspondence, press cuttings and general documentation relating to HMM’s underground films 1966.  30/2
Correspondence and general documentation relating to HMM’s underground films 1966-67.  30/3

Box 31
HMM Correspondence during trip to New Zealand 1967 mostly regarding professional activities.  31/1
Correspondence regarding professional activities of HMM and his wife Anna Lockwood in Germany 1967-68.  31/2
Correspondence between HMM and his mother 1970-1973.  31/3

Box 32a & b
Correspondence regarding professional activities of HMM 1966-1972.  Some personal correspondence.

Box 33
Correspondence between Doughbelly Price and HMM in early 1950s and newspaper clippings of Doughbelly Price’s column Sage and Cactus.  33/1
Draft of bound volume of Sage and Cactus columns.  33/2

Box 34
Correspondence with Singer Company - sewing machine manufacturer. 1971.  34/1
Copies of Singer News May 1971.  Front page article by HMM.  Pamphlets advertising the Singer European Stylemaker Contest.  34/2

Box 35
Ephemera and press cuttings relating to Dark Touch - a theatre performance involving sound and touch.  35/1
Press cuttings regarding professional activities of HMM.  35/2

Box 36
Photo’s of old cars used for a proposed article and correspondence regarding proposed article by HMM.  36/1
Material for Future Columns, includes news paper cuttings, correspondence, photographs.  36/2
Planned columns.  Includes magazines, drafts articles, press cuttings, correspondence. 1965-73.  36/3
Magazines and press cuttings - material for articles.  36/4

 

Underground Press
Box 37
Newspaper columns ms drafts of HMM’s articles for underground press1966 - 1972.   37/1
Press cuttings from various underground newspapers.   37/2
Oz Magazine: School kids issue - 5 copies.  Oz 25 December 1969  (3 copies).  Oz The Beautiful Freaks.  Ephemera relating to the Oz obscenity trial 1971.  37/3
Rolling Stone Magazine 14 June 1969 (1st British Issue), 17 Aug 1972.  Posters for the Independence Day Carnival 4 July (Year unknown).  37/4

Box 38
Magazine: The Other 1968-70.  38/1
Magazine: Crawdaddy 3 copies of issue 20 February 1972.  38/2
Magazine: Ink 5 June 1972 - 2 copies, 18 August 1971 - 2 copies, 29 May 1971 - 2 copies, 10 July 1971 - 3 copies.  38/3

 

Box 39
Forum: The Journal of Human Relations. 8 issues 1969-70.  39/1
IT magazine, 25 April 1960,  12 July 1968, 4 October 1968, 12 February 1970, 18 May 1972 (5 copies).  39/2
Cuttings of HMM's articles in the underground press.  39/3

Copy of Time Out magazine.  Copy of Other Scenes magazine December 1970.  Copy of Liberation Service News Europe.  Copy of Changes magazine 28 February 1970.
Copy of Oh yes this is a sell out, a collection of articles about the underground movement.
Pamphlett promoting the activities of the ‘Antiuniversity’.  39/4

HMM’s correspondence with underground press publications regarding sale of his articles.  39/5

Box 40
Frenz Magazine:  8 July 1971 - 6 copies, 14 June 1971 - 3 copies, 21 May 1971 - 2 copies. 

Box 41
Friends Magazine:  25 copies (approx including duplicates) from 1970-71. 

Box 42
Press cuttings from 1960s UK publications.  Articles relate to HMM professional activities.

Box 43
Newsletter: British Association for American Studies. 5 issues, Jan 1971-73
Journal of American Studies.  9 issues, July 1970 - April 1973
Pamphlet American Studies in Scandinavia.
Newsletter of the European  Association of American Studies. 1971

Box 44
20 (approx) issues of The American Abroad June - November 1968.  Newspaper that HMM wrote a column for.  44/1
Cuttings from The American Abroad44/2

Box 45
30 (approx) issues of The American 1968.  Newspaper that HMM wrote a column for.

Box 46
Issues of West Side News from 1965-66.  46/1
7 Issues of The American 1968.   46/2

Box 47 Oversize items BSR
London American.  October 1960 - January 1961.  BSR.  47/1
The American.  March 1967 - September 1967.  BSR.  47/2
The American.  September 1967 - April 1968.  BSR.  47/3
West Side News.  July 1965 - January 1967 (very incomplete).  BSR.  47/4
The American.  May 1968 - November 1968.  BSR.  47/5
The New American November. 1968 - December 1968.  BSR  47/5

Box 48
Newspaper cuttings from late 1960s.  48/1
6 books: Bluffers Guides48/2
Correspondence and rough notes.  48/3
Article excerpts.  48/4

 

Scripts and Book Drafts
Box 49
Liberate men for sewing  for ‘Women’s Hour’ BBC 2  Recorded: 13 August 1971.  49/1
The Artist in Britain today.  Recorded 26 Jan 1971.  49/2
The Computer - Today and Tomorrow.  On BBC World Service 23 July 1972.  49/3
Harvey Matusow's New York.  (Third Programme) Transmitted, 27 Jan 1970 5 (5 copies).  49/4
McCarthyism: Could it happen again?  Transmitted Wed 12 Nov 1969.  49/5
New Horizons - The Alternative Society  Tues April 20 1971.  49/6
The Gap no. 9 - The Arts  Sunday 28 Nov 1971.  49/7
A Bard’s eye view of American History.  Thurs 17 Sept 1971.  49/8
Various Scripts concerning Americans in Britain.  49/9
British Isles and World Studies.  Thurs 30 April 1970.  49/10
BBC programme American Songs of Protest.  BBC 17 September 1970.  49/11
Newspaper cuttings relating to the environment and pollution.  49/12
Magazines.  49/13
Pictures and diagrams of a Reproduction 1640 ‘Cromwell’s Coach’.  49/14
Miscellaneous scripts and manuscripts relating to programmes.  49/15

Box 50
A Bard’s eye view of American History.  17th September 1971.  50/1
The story of Patsy Lee.  24th June 1941.  50/2
McCarthyism: Could it happen again?  scripts and correspondence.  50/3
Play: The Diary and Dreams of Margie Swiss Cheese.  Scripts and correspondence.  50/4
An American Family in England.  18th June 1970 (4 copies).  50/5
Harvey Matusow’s New York.  27th January 1970.  50/6
The Egg Sitter (2 copies).  50/7
Miscellaneous scripts and press cuttings.  50/8

Box 51
Draft of book Words and Moods By HMM 1954.  51/1
Draft article Parliamentary Horoscopes by HMM.  51/2
Draft of book The Lawless Lands.  by Philip Benn 1971.  51/3
Draft of book Society and Attitudes in Britain and the USA since the War by Daniel Snowman.  51/4
Draft of book Anti-tripmanship. by HMM.  51/5
Draft of book Cockyboo by HMM.  51/6
Partial draft of Cockyboo and press cuttings.  51/7
Article reprint from Leonard’: No Art - an American Psycho social phenomenon.   51/8

Box 52
Script draft Inventions by HMM.  52/1
Copies of 30 different patent applications dating from 1884 - 1924 used for LWT Programme aired in 9 August 1972.  52/2
Script for a speech at Radio Now: The Radio Writers’ Association of the Society of Authors Conference.  52/3
Drafts for book The Joys of Corruption by HMM (3 folders).  52/4
Box 53 (32)
Draft of book/dictionary English - I mean British - American Dictionary HMM 1973.  53/1
Draft of book/dictionary English - I mean British - American Dictionary HMM 1973.  53/2
Miscellaneous English - American phrase books.  53/3
2 press cuttings.  53/4

Box 54
BBC script The Artist in Britain Today  by HMM. for Radio 4.  September 1971. (6 copies).  54/1
Book draft Cocyboo  by HMM.  54/2
Miscellaneous article drafts by HMM.  54/3
Miscellaneous correspondence: Suggestions for programmes and articles.  54/4
Correspondence and programme schedule for BBC programme The Gap June 1971.  54/5

Box 55
Scripts and correspondence relating to the programme As I Please for London Weekend Television.  55/1
Miscellaneous correspondence, scripts, ephemera and press cuttings relating to various broadcasts and programmes.  55/2
Draft Article for Horizon Magazine The first Watergate and correspondence.  55/3
Various drafts for articles to do with anti-Semitism.  55/4
Correspondence and notes relating to patents and inventions.  55/5
Scripts for article An American View of An American View of Britain by HMM.  55/6
Script for Programme An American Family in England. by HMM.  55/6
Draft and notes for The Joys of Corruption by HMM.  55/7

 

Arts
Box 56
Internal memos from the Gallery of Modern Art. 1964.  56/1
Public Relations documentation from 1959-64 relating to the Gallery of Modern Art.  56/2
Correspondence and documentation relating to the Gallery of Modern Art.  56/3
37 Photos of works of Art.  Artist specified on reverse side.  56/4
16 issues of the New York Arts Calendar 1964-65.  Some issues in duplicate.  56/5
Proof of the introduction to the Art Collectors Almanac by HMM.  56/6

Box 57
New York Arts Calendar promotional material: New York Arts Calendar colouring book and order forms.  Captions for ‘Son of Witness’ [?]. 57/1
Correspondence relating to New York Arts Calendar 1963-65.  From concertina file alphabetically sorted.  57/2

Box 58
Correspondence regarding the New York Arts Calendar and requests for copies of publication 1963 -65.  58/1
Correspondence regarding the publication of the Art Collectors Almanac by HMM.  58/2
Publication Art in New York A Guide to Things Worth Seeing by Florence N. Levy (New York) 1939  The Municipal Art Society.  58/3
Correspondence 1963 -70.  58/4
Correspondence 1964-65.  58/5
Gallery of Modern Art inter office correspondence and memos 1964.  58/6
Correspondence, mostly to and from the Gallery of Modern Art.  Mr Carl Weinhardt Jr 1963.  58/7
Correspondence between HMM and Rockwell Kent.  58/8
HMM to William. H. Hadley Jr - 07/08/1965.  1 letter.  58/9
HMM to and from Albert Kahn 1965-66.  58/10
HMM to Ester Stuttman - 07/08/1965.  1 letter.  58/11
Mrs Lyndon B. Johnson - HMM 23/6/1965.  1 letter.  58/12
HMM to Betsy Stevens - 07/08/1965.  58/12
HMM to Frank Getlein - 07/08/1965.  58/13
HMM to and from Victor De Pauw 1965. 2 letters.  58/14
HMM to and from Fred Olsen 1964 and 1965.  2 letters.  58/15
HMM to Ben Wolf - 07/08/1965.  58/16

Box 59
Programs for a Works Progress Administration (WPA) event: White House Festival of Arts (WHFA) 1965.  lists of paintings to be exhibited, President’s speech.  59/1
Photographs of artwork displayed at the WHFA.  59/2
Newspaper cuttings regarding the WHFA 1965.  59/3
Catalogue of exhibitions, memo explaining the purpose of the project, report regarding The Arts Programs of the WPA, Catalogues from the National Archives of the United States 1934.  59/4

Box 60
Statements of accounts for Company Image Graphica Inc. 1963 - 66.  60/1
2 books of telephone numbers, small amount of personal correspondence, and 3 family photographs.  60/2
Miscellaneous periodicals, tax guides and catalogues.   60/3

 

Photographs
Box 61
Photographs.  Matusow family photographs pre 1944.  Contains many pictures of HMM growing up.
 
Box 62
Photographs - family post 1947

Box 63
Photographs from 1947-51 during which time HMM was an entertainer and actor.  63/1
Photographs of Anna Lockwood.  63/2
Wedding photographs of HMM and his wife Ellen.  63/3
HMM portfolio as an entertainer.  63/4

Box 64
An interview with Bertrand Russell by HMM. Date not clear.  64/1
Miscellaneous photographs of HMM 1966 - 73.  64/2
Wexler family photographs.  64/3
2 photographs of HMM working with a  Singers Sewing Machine.  64/4
3 photographs of HMM used by the publication Top Secretary 28 June 1973.  64/5
Photographs of HMM with 3 other individuals on a day out in London.  64/6

Box 65
Photographs: miscellaneous and unidentified.

Box 66
Photographs: miscellaneous, multiple copies.

 

Miscellaneous
Box 67
Desk Diaries for 1969, 70, 71, 72, 73.

Box 68
Ms of A Heritage of Stone by Jim Garson.

Box 69
Artwork for the logo for ICES 1972.  69/1
The Art Collectors Almanac.  Proofs of introduction to book by HMM.  69/2
Photographs of HMM.  69/3
3 artwork prints.  69/4
Press Cuttings and miscellaneous magazines.  69/5
Brown folder: Correspondence of various individuals with the editor of West Side News relating to HMM’s column for the Newspaper.  69/6
Partial drafts for HMM’s book Cockyboo.  69/7
Child’s artwork - possibly HMM’s daughter.  69/8
Magazine:  London Look February 1967.  69/9
Documentation relating to a grant application to The Rabinowitz Foundation for a book:  A History of Waxey Gordon and the United States69/10
Article by Hilda Terry on writing cartoon strips.  Paper doll.  69/11
Press cuttings regarding ‘yippies’ and their walking out of a House of Representatives committee.  69/12
HMM’s curriculum vitae1973 and a list of HMM’s lectures donated to the ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ.  69/13
Story outline for a play by HMM titled:  Subway Saga of Austin D. Houston69/14
Press cuttings of articles written by HMM.  69/15
Miscellaneous correspondence.  69/16
Biographical information of individuals involved in the ‘toy project’. (“Stringless Yoyo”  toy).  69/17
Handwritten notes (mostly lists of telephone numbers).  69/18
Miscellaneous press cuttings, ephemera, and letter to HMM from the Ghost Club Welcoming him to membership Jan 1969.  69/19

Box 70 BSR
Matusow family photograph album - HMM as a child.  BSR.  70/1
Photographs of artwork ‘Chromatic Tree Harp’.  BSR.  70/2
Framed letter Paul O’Dwyer to HMM thanking him for his efforts in the Primary campaign 13th October 1965.  BSR.  70/3
Framed letter Vann Molyvam to HMM October 1969.  BSR.  70/3
Nguon Pytoravuth to HMM 2nd December 1969 (original frame smashed)  BSR.  70/3
Framed; resolution against HMM by the US Senate 12th July 1955.  BSR.  70/4
Photograph of Irene Stetner, taken by Louis Stetner.  BSR.  70/5
Photograph of Stanley and Wendy Marsh and family.  BSR.  70/5
Artwork. Title and artist unknown.  BSR.  70/5
Press cuttings:  New York Times 28th March 1974, Daily Mirror 10th September 1951.  BSR.  70/6
Photographs of interior and exterior of unknown house. BSR with oversize items. 70/7
Copy of Pageant Magazine June 1952.  Photographs inserted (unidentified)  BSR.  70/8
Part of calendar 1957 February.  BSR.  70/9
 
Box 71 Oversize items BSR
Pencil sketch of HMM in Army uniform.  BSR.  71/1
Postcard to HMM 29th June 1973.  BSR.  71/2
Rough pencil sketch portrait.  BSR.  71/3
Photograph of HMM.  BSR.  71/4
Proof of photograph of Arvilla Peterson Bentley Matusow.  BSR.  71/5
File containing photographs of HMM, Anna Lockwood and the Jews Harp Band.  (Photographs have been removed from file, there are scraps of items in the file that indicate  it was used for a previous purpose)  BSR.  71/6
Framed poster.  BSR.  71/7

Box 72 BSR
Folio of posters and other ephemera.  BSR.  72/1
Items from folio:  Ephemera, posters and magazines, 12 inch vinyl - album.  BSR.  72/2

 

Additions
Box 73
Collection of photocopies of newspaper cuttings from late 1970s - 80s regarding HMM’s career as a storyteller and his character ‘Magic Mouse’.   73/1
Cassette recording Peace Bells by Job Matusow (HMM).  73/2

 

Please note: the following material has been transferred to the South East Film & Video Archive. Some films are available to view in the Archive on VHS. Please ask staff for further information.

Box 74
Tapes. Paul O'Dwyer 1965, K.P.F.A. interview (I.C.E.S. 1972), “Stringless YoYo” (5 reels), HMM reading "Words and Mood", HMM and parents 1954, Brighton "Mensa" talk, Free Wales Army

Box 75
Tapes. Black Panther Trial, Bertrand Russell, Kennedy Assassination, Cohen family (2 tapes), Matusow Comedy Act, Blacklisting 1959, Matusow and Kahn, interview with Richard Lamparski, BBC Radio talk November 12th 1969, Radio 3, New Yorkers New York, Roy Cohn on Long John Show, interview with President Johnson, Embassy Demo 66, BBC Schools broadcasts.

Box 76
Tapes. Yo-Yo, Poems, Nixon & Agnew, H.U.A.C. film sound track, West Ham Demonstration 1967, Prejudism at the Electric Circus, Trial of Chicago 7, Gregg Oliver Show, Aquarius film of Anna & Harvey, Sylvia Matusow 09.09.61, Alan Burke Show Computers, M. & Judge Joe Brand, Legal Marijuana, Danny's Record. 3 Bound Volumes of The American 1967-68, 1 Bound Volume of West Side News 1965-6.  

 

Appendix

This Appendix shows the original box number order of the collection and the new box numbers.  (n/a indicates that the box wasn’t listed in the old catalogue)

New Box Number
Old Box Number
1
2
2
3
3
1
4
66
5
67
6
6
7
4
8
5
9
7
10
8
11
9
12
18
13
35
14
11
15
12
16
13
17
14
18
50
19
15
20
16
21
17
22
24
23
25
24
26
25
27
26
42
27
44
28
45
29
46
30
47
31
48
32
51
33
65
34
58
35
53
36
43
37
19
38
20
39
21
40
22
41
23
42
52
43
54
44
55
45
56
46
57
47
n/a
48
36
49
28
50
29
51
30
52
31
53
32
54
33
55
34
56
10
57
37
58
38
59
39
60
40
61
60
62
61
63
62
64
63
65
64
66
n/a
67
41
68
49
69
59
70
n/a
71
n/a
72
n/a
73
n/a
74
68
75
69
76
70

 

 

 

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