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1 "Addenda" Note with Ink Illustration of Desk Scene & Clippings, 1975 January 18, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Portrait, Ink Illustration of Male in Glasses [2 Photocopies], 1975 August 14, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter with Cut-outs: "Theme of the Season: I Have No Control.", 1975 August 20, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

2 Letters, Colored Pencil Illustration with "Morning After Poem," & Newsprint Clippings, 1975 October 1 - 2, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Conditions Governing Access

1 letter featuring Montana's "Morning After Poem" [October 2, 1975], is unavailable as it receives conservation treatment. Please see a Fales archivist for more information.

1 Letter: "Dear Gracious Queen", 1975 October 3, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter with Red Ink Illustration of Male in Glasses, 1975 October 6, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with "Machinery and Machines" Clipping, 3 Prayer Cards of Mother & Child, 1975 October 30, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Magazine Clipping, 1975 October 31, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter with Photographs & Printed Materials, undated, circa 1975 - 1985, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This folder houses the following objects:

Brevettato, Rosario. "The Mysteries Of The Rosary." Alinari Baglioni: Florence, Italy. Undated.

Liguori, St. Alphonsus. "The Fourteen Stations of the Way Of The Cross with Meditations." Isola Art Company: New York, NY. November 3, 1942.

2 Color Photographs: 1 featuring Andy Warhol, 1 featuring a snow sculpture

1 "Hewson Galleries" Handdrawn Exhibition Advertisement Card

1 Italian Prayer Card featuring Mother & Child

1 Letter, 1 Envelope: "Straddling Wads" Poetry, 1976 January 14, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Attached Prayer Card of Jesus Christ, 1976 May 18, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Frank Whipple Advertisement Card & Images of Andy Warhol [Photocopies], 1976 June 3, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Advertisement Clipping, 1976 June 19, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Colored Ink Illustration "The Mountain Prince Turns Into A Penis," Tupperware Catalog & Newsprint Clipping, 1976 September 11 & 12, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Pressed Leaf, 1976 October 25, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Lavender Ink Illustration "The Prince Of The Dark Court", 1976 October 26, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Blue Ink Illustration of Male, 1976 November 14, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Envelope with "Corrective Poems by M. Hewson" [Photocopies of Typescripts], 1976 December 1, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Envelope, 1 Collection of Poetry [Photocopies of Typescripts], 1976 December 2, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Purple Ink Illustration "The Crown Prince Flails Away At Reality", 1976 December 2, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope: "Isabella Court", 1977 January 21, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

2 Letters: "Dearest Pharoah Queen," [Colored Construction Paper] with "Praise To You, Pharoah Queen", 1977 January 31; undated, circa 1970s, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope: "Dear Woollette," [Handwritten on Brown Paper Bag Sheets], 1977 February 12, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope: "Dearest Woollette, Etc.", 1977 March 3, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope: "Dear Woollette Et. Al", 1977 March 31, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope: "Dear Woollette", 1977 April 21, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with "New Astrology" Chart & Images [Photocopies], 1977 July 5, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 "Confidential Memorandum," 1 Envelope with Magazine Cat Clipping, 1978 August 24, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Handcolored Flyer of Male in Sunglasses [Photocopy with Color Ink], 1979 May 10, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Colored Ink Illustration & Ephemera, 1979 June 23, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

1 Flyer "The Offenders: A Film By Scott B & Beth B" [Photocopy with Notation]

1 "His Holiness, Pope John Paul I" Prayer Card

1 "Neo Warholian Post-Post Punquette" Colored Ink Illustration by Montana [Featuring Richard Hell]

1 Tien Loon Restaurant Business Card

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Manuscripts [Photocopies], 1979 November 20, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This folder houses photocopies of the following Montana collage & illustration projects:

"Headlines: Collaged From The Pages Of The New York Daily News, New York Post, And New York Times"

"Nothing Matters: Collected Drawings 1975-1979 by Montana Houston, Sent to William Ryder ('Nothing') Mathers ('Matters')"

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Manuscript "Notes from The Confessions of Aleister Crowley," [Photocopies], 1980 February 15, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with "Be Prepared" Images [Photocopies], 1980 April 7, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Ink Illustrations "Natchuralistic Montana," & "Montana Scoffs At Death" [Photocopies], 1980 April 23, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with "The American Dream" Images [Photocopies], 1980 May 20, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Colored Ink Illustration & Zine, 1980 September 8, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This folder includes the following published work:

Houston, Montana with Richard Kern."Find The Girls: Armed And Considered Dangerous," The Heroin Addict, No. 5. New York, NY. August 1980.

2 Zines, 1 Letter, 1 Envelope with "Hand O'Face, Armchair Life" Flyer & Collage Images [Photocopies], 1981 February 10, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This folder includes the following published works:

Houston, Montana with Richard Kern. "Hungry and Homeless," The Heroin Addict: Masculine-Feminine Relationships, Issue 7. Heroin Addict (HA) Productions / Montannaprinners (HA Xerography): New York, NY. January 1, 1981.

Kern, Richard. YOU Should Taste What Happens To: YOU. Heroin Addict (HA) Productions / MHI Enterprises Publications / Montannaprinners: New York, NY. January 25, 1981.

1 Post Card, 1 Envelope, with Image & Zine [Photocopies], 1983 August 17, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

"End of Muscle Beach Section, Stress Test II, Adrienne Altenhaus, choreographer," [Photocopy]

Kern, Richard. Dumb Fucker #6. New York, NY. August 1983. [Featuring Work by David Wojnarowicz, Montana Houston & Tommy Turner]

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Zine, 1984 June 18, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This folder includes the following published work:

Houston, Montana with Richard Kern."How Magic Works." New York, NY. Undated, circa 1984.

1 Letter, 1 Envelope with Newsprint Clippings, 1985 December 8, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1 Letter: Addressed to Marvin J. Taylor, Sent From Nancy Woolley, 2015 May 17, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Thumb Drive With Scans Of Letters," Addressed to Marvin J. Taylor, Sent From Nancy Woolley, 2015 May 17, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

"Thumb Drive with Scans of Letters"

OVERSIZE: 1 Letter, 1 Envelope with "Andy Warhol Portraits, Denver Art Museum" Exhibition Pamphlet, 1977 March 25, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

OVERSIZE: 1 Letter on Denver Art Museum Posters, 1 Envelope, 1 Magazine Clipping, 1977 April 26, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

OVERSIZE: 1 Mail Flyer / Poster, [no year] June 10, 11, 12, circa 1983 - 1985, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Event: "Betsy Hulton -- Adrienne Altenhaus, Breaking the Mood: Stress Test II"

Featuring: Linda Austin, Joan Blair, Marcie Chanin, Lucy Hemmendinger, Tom Howe, Jennifer Spiegler, Gayle Tufts, Peggy Vogt; Music by Montana Houston, Furry Couch and Others; Photograph by Richard Kern

Location: Performance Space 122, assisted by Dance Theater Workshop, Inc.

OVERSIZE: 1 Letter, 1 Envelope with "Graphic Timetable Of The Heavens" Images [Photocopies], 1983 October 23, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

OVERSIZE: "Montana Reveals All" Xerograph Total Body Portrait, 1975 - 1976; 1984 June 18, inclusive

Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This artwork was originally housed with the "UltraMontana Laboratories" Correspondence & "How Magic Works" Zine [Box 1, Folder 39]; dated 1975-1976 but sent to Nancy Woolley in 1984.

Measurements: 22" x 72"

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