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EDDIE WOODS ARCHIVE: 2. Eddie Woods File
[includes personal material, writings both professional and personal,
as well as many tear sheets, photos, artifacts, etc.]
Separate Large Box:
* EDDIE WOODS' MANUSCRIPTS (through Sept 2003)
- BHUTTO & Other Love Poems (Original Ms + Original Typesetting)
- POEMS 1973-1977 (Original ms collection, in spring binder)
- EUREKA! An Illustrated History of Inventions (copy of published
book, to
which EW was a major contributor)
- PUBLISHED WORK (Printouts + Photocopies)
- ORIGINALS Prose (includes numerous early drafts, mainly typescripts)
- PROSE currently in EW's computer (printouts)
- PROSE not yet in EW's computer (mainly typescripts)
- ORIGINALS Poems (includes numerous early drafts, typescripts/holographs)
- POEMS not yet in EW's computer (mainly typescripts)
- POEMS currently in EW's computer (printouts)
- Small handwritten book of EW poems
- Miscellaneous Originals
[all the above are in clearly-labeled individual manila envelopes,
with (where necessary) additional information &/or detailed
notes]
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Audio Cassettes (= specific to EW File, as there are many more audio
cassettes pertaining to individuals in the General Inventory, etc.)
[all in archive cassettes boxes 1-5 / answering machine 1-3]
- Poetry as a Weapon, Oct 1978 radio program with H. Plomp = 1
- Open Reading, Comizery Cafe in San Francisco, EW & David Moe
= 2
- Interview with Max Scherr 1981 = 2
- J. Micheline interview tape 1982 = 1
- M. McClure interview tape 1981 = 1
- Audio cassettes (ca. 100 minutes); final version of the Ins &
Outs Benefit Evening, Grand Piano, the Haight, San Francisco, September
1980; readers/performers include Kush (Steven Kushner), Eddie Woods,
Steve Abbott, Ronald Sauer, Mel Clay, Jane Falk, Bob Black, Leslie
Simon, Roberto Valenza, Peter Pussydog (Peter Stevens), Jack Hirschman,
Walter Q. Foxx, et al. [Please note that this a quality duplicate
of a cassette copy of the edited reel-to-reel final, and is being
included now in order to make this performance evening immediately
and yet preliminarily available. Once a CD master has been made
from the reel-to-reel (for production purposes), the latter will
become part of the Archive; and eventually a CD edition, as well.]
= 2 (in Archive Cassettes, box #6)
- Cassette of private reading of T. v/d Veen’s poems (Ins
& Outs office, 1990), many of which are in his published book
(Special Books & Mags) = 1 (in Archives Cassettes, box #6)
- Cassette recording of performance evening at Cafe van Dale [Nijmegen,
NL], with EW, Fif L'Amour, Mignon Omoroka [Mignon van Ingen] [Oct
1993 = 1 [in archive cassettes]
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Box 1
- Allen Ginsberg Memorial: perf EW, T. Jackson, F. Venn 1997 = 1
- VHS [euro system] Pre-final version of "Bananas" by
Yaron Ben-Nin: final version shown at Viper Film Fest, Switzerland
2000 = 1
- VHS [euro system] Luc Sala interview with EW about A. Ginsberg,
A'dam TV 1997 = 1
- VHS [euro system] EW Reading at Winston Kingdom March 2000 = 1
- VHS [euro system] "Unholy Trinity" EW, Zuzu, F. Venn
Reading at Winston 1997 = 1
- VHS [euro system] EW Reading at Cafe CoMeyer, A'dam 1998 = 1
- 8mm movie film Summer 1960 of Adirondacks & Newport Jazz Festival
= 1
- Further miscellaneous correspondence [25± items, identified]
= 1
- Miscellaneous EW ephemera [17± items] = 1
- Envelope Miscellaneous reviews + performance announce. [30±
items] = 1
- Cafe Co Meyer env: original articles etc. [EW organized poetry
series at Amsterdam bar for 3 years] = 1
- Bangkok Post envelope = 1
- copy of EW Timeline = 1
- Handwritten copy of "30 Poems" [EW no longer has pub.
ed.] = 1
- hardbound copy of Faeirie Princess [bi-lingual ed.] signed by
EW = 1
- packet profile re: E. Lemoine = 1
- packet with copy of EW New Year's letter 1992 + original = 1
- packet of 9 p-copies from filofax travel book = 1
- packet inc text "The Future of Poetry" & Revolutionary
Bonbons" [successful attempt to force closure of I&O bookstore]
+ coupons = 1
- IT with EW story signed by Tim Leary = 1
- p-copy of TL Playboy interview signed by T. Leary = 1
- transcript: Bloody Mary poem [originally phone call w/ J. Katmor
taped by P. Edel] = 1
- cassette of "Bloody Mary" definitive [archives cassette
box] = 1
- cassette of "Bloody Mary" + P85 perform of BM [archives
cassette box] = 1
- packet: newsclip Tehran Jrnl + 2 orig. stories before EW edited
them = 1
packet: "Tram No. 4 Blues" + poetic correspondence with
Municipal Transit Authority = 1
- Snuffie packet [5x mailings to Snuffie + EW letter re: Snuffie]
= 1
- packet re: fare fight campaign [London] = 1
- packet re: Gentle Ghost [London Alt. work agency] = 1
- art scroll = 1
Box 2 [assorted video / EW photos]
- 3/4 inch video cassette US system original: Weesperzijde, 5 Poets
in A'dam, Oct 1978 [EW, IC, H. Plomp, S. Vinkenoog, R. Sauer] =
2
- S-Press cassettes inc: Burroughs, Waldman, Ginsberg, Gysin, Dorn,
Patti Smith, Raoul Haussman, John Cage, Gary Snyder, Robert Creeley,
& others = 20 [S-Press cassette box]
- VHS [euro system] W. Burroughs at Melkweg, 9.23. 93 [with IC,
U. Breger, W. Levy, Psychik Warriors, EW, Johannes van Dam] = 1
- VHS [euro system] EW Reading at Cafe CoMeyer late 1990s = 1
- VHS [euro system] EW Reading at Cafe CoMeyer, A'dam 1998 = 1
- VHS [euro system] EW Reading in Ruigoord April 2001, A'dam TV
= 1
- VHS [euro system] Luc Sala interview with EW about A. Ginsberg,
A'dam TV 1997 = 1
DVcam copy of original: Weesperzijde, 5 Poets in A'dam, Oct 1978
[EW, IC, H. Plomp, S. Vinkenoog, R. Sauer] = 2
envelope with Plastic Madonna + whip [both in EL profile] = 1
(SMALL FORMAT PRINTS: mostly ca. 10 x 15 cm)
Malcolm Williams = 1
Peter Edel = 1
Bozzie Rabie = 1
Babette Ubink = 1
Babette Ubink painting (which no longer exists) = 11 (different
shades)
Diana Blok = 2
Diana Blok & Marlo Broekmans = 2
Marlo Broekmans = 1
Bobby Colauto = 2
Marion Beyer = 1
Joke Kaviaar = 1
Hans Plomp = 1
Ted Jackson = 1
Xaviera Hollander = 1
Rowan Hewison & Xaviera Hollander = 1
Barry Klinger = 1
Rod Ford = 1
Ernesto Levy = 1
Edith Godik = 1
Herman Brood = 3
Herman Brood & Bart Chabot = 2
"George M. Maritz" SA musician = 1 [oversize "A"]
(LARGE FORMAT PRINTS: ca. 20 x 25 cm)
Gregory Corso = 1
Lawrence Ferlinghetti = 1
Hans Plomp = 1
Piero Heliczer = 1
Jack Micheline = 1
Harold Norse = 2
Jack Hirschman & Neeli Cherkovski = 1
William (Bill) Levy = 1
Ira Cohen = 1
Cristi Velhhoen = 2
Reagan poster (signed by EW) = 1
Typical Street Scene/Coronation Day 1980 (signed by EW) = 1
No Entry (signed by EW) = 1
Contact Sheet of 23 photos of Babette Ubink + 12 photos EW by BU
= 1
(MEDIUM FORMAT PRINTS: mostly ca. 13 x 20 cm)
Eddie Woods self portraits = 2
Jane Harvey = 6
Jane Harvey & Patricia (Pat) Enting = 1
Pat Enting = 3
Pat Enting + Niels Hamel & others = 1
Steve Weiss = 2
Steve Abbott = 2
Joyce Jenkins & Alsia Abbott = 1
Vermilion Sands = 4
Kush (Steven Kushner) at Cloud House = 1
Cloud House = 3
Jenny Brookes = 1
Ira Cohen = 4
Janine Pommy Vega & Ira Cohen = 1
Louise Landes Levi, Ira Cohen & Ira Landgarten = 2
Jack Hirschman = 1
Gregory Corso = 2
Buky Grinberg = 1
John (Jack) Mueller = 1
Charles Gatewood = 1
Gerard Malanga = 3
Richard Adams = 1
Heathcote Williams & Richard Adams = 1
Henk van der Does = 2
Irving Stettner = 1
Caroline Gosselin = 1
Simon Vinkenoog & Caroline Gosselin = 1
Itsik Vardy & Caroline Gosselin = 1
Max Scherr = 1
Bill Levy & Max Scherr = 1
Bill Levy = 2
Bill Levy & Steef Davidson = 1
Steef Davidson (with the Full Moon Band) = 1
Claude Ponsot = 1
Hans Plomp = 1
Xaviera Hollander = 1
Ann Katmor = 1
Dana Beal & friend = 1
Christian Constatt = 1
Christian Constatt with Elaine Cohen & René Stoute =
1
Steve Ben Israel (in performance) = 5
Jaume Fargas = 1
Freddie Venn & Jaume Fargas = 1
Freddie Venn = 1
Ken Weichel = 1
Ken Weichel & David Moe = 1
Mel Clay = 3
Mel Clay & Caroly McWhorter = 1
Mel Clay, Valerie Oisteanu & Ruth Oisteanu = 1
Valerie & Ruth Oisteanu = 1
Petra = 1
Mona = 3
Kristin Wetterhahn = 2 (+ EW poem for KW = 1)
Ronnie Dreyer = 6
William Burroughs = 1
Jamaludin Bhartiya = 2
Anne Kennedy = 1
Karin Musso = 3
Piero Heliczer = 12
Roberto Valenza = 3
from Ins & Outs postcard series = 5
Bandaged Poets mask collection (partial) = 1
One World Poetry poster = 1
First International Cannabis Conference = 9
Queen's Day/Coronation Day Riots (1980) = 4
Squatting Eviction with Queen's Guard (Amsterdam 1981) = 6
Festival of Fools (1980) = 2
Ira Cohen = 1
[All photos are in separate glassine envelopes or plastic slip
cases. All are identified, usually in pencil, on the back of the
photo, with date + place whenever possible. Photos are additionally
identified on the envelopes/slip cases; or, in instances of multiple
photos of any one person(s) or scenes, on the first envelope/slip
case in the series.]
[Note: Further EW photos will be added to the Archive at later
dates, once suitable prints have been made, in many instances from
slides.]
Box 3 [journals & diaries]
- env: original diary + p-copy early 1979 - May 1980 [Amsterdam]
= 1
- env: original diary + partial typed transcript March 1978 - March
1979 [London-Amsterdam inc. Barcelona] = 1
- env: original diary + p-copy Nov 1977 - March 1978 [London + UK]
= 1
- env: original + p-copy set of original EW London Jrnl Nov 1976
- July 1977 + IT diary May 1977 + miscellaneous IT notes = 1
- env: original diary + p-copy set of original diary + p-copy typed
transcript Jan-Dec 1976 [Calcutta-London, inc. Taiwan, SF, Seoul,
etc.] = 1
- env: nearly complete typed transcript June-July 1974 [Bombay,
Goa], May 1975 [Iran. Afghanistan] = 1
- env: original travel notes 1974-1976 = 1
- env: p-copies correspondence between EW & JH [mainly EW letters]
[1974-88, mostly 74 & 76] = 1
Box 4 [Personal Correspondence Files #1]
*note: miscellaneous correspondence is in a single envelope and
entered under EW miscellaneous personal correspondence + Miscellaneous
Editorial correspondence in this file (below) with printouts of
individual names in the envelope, but not listed here
† = known to be deceased
* Abrams, Gerry [American (New York). Longtime friend & former
business associate. EW lived in his house in Amsterdam for more
than two years (mid-1990s). On account of this, EW began organizing
what became, over a three-year period, the city's best-known monthly
poetry event. Café Co Meyer was immediately across the road
from Abrams' house in the Jordaan quarter. EW began to frequent
the place. The rest is now is slice of Amsterdam literary performance
history [see Café Co Meyer file]. Coincidentally, both Co
Meyer and Abrams' house were regularly used, for several years,
as settings for red-light district scenes (the district itself not
being available for the purpose) by John de Mol Productions in filming
the award-winning television series Baantjer, based on novels by
former policeman and crime-fiction writer Api Baantjer. Abrams now
lives in West Palm Beach, Florida, where EW visited & stayed
with him in November 1999.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 13
p-copies EW to/from GA = 3
p-copies of EW corr to GA = 2
* Altoe, Remo Paul (Aldo) [Italian. Met EW & Jane Harvey (Dec
1975) in Calcutta, where he was stranded after Indian customs officials
had seized all his belongings (he'd neglected to declare the contents
of the VW van he had shipped from Hong Kong and planned on driving
to Italy). The lawyer whose services EW obtained for him via the
good offices of Mohan Sivdasani's father (see Mohan Shivdasani profile)
quickly determined that Altoe had no case whatever: it was impossible
(the lawyer said) for anyone to believe that he hadn't intended
to sell the numerous appliances with which the van was packed full.
EW advised the beleaguered Altoe to seek refuge with Mother Theresa,
with whom he did manage to obtain a personal audience. But Altoe
came back saying, "She wanted my hands. She said 'Give me your
hands.' I can't give her my hands!" Altoe was still stranded
at the same Calcutta hotel when EW & JH passed through again
(late February 1976), telling his tale of woe—a la 'The Ancient
Mariner'—to anyone who would hear it.]
correspondence = 3
Business card = 1
* Anderson, Floyd [American. Intimate friend of EW's. They met
in San Francisco in the summer of 1976. EW moved from Barbara Doran
& Frank Seiple's house (see their profile) in order to live
with Floyd for a couple of weeks prior to leaving California.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 1
poems by EW about FA = 2
* Arietta, Ben [American businessman, formerly based in Munich,
Germany. During the 1960s, EW worked for BA and Edward M. Rose (see
his profile) as an encyclopaedia salesman. It was through this association
that EW first got to Asia: after more than three years of selling
books to U.S. servicemen in Germany, France & Malta, he jumped
at Rose and Arietta's offer to try & set up a similar operation
in Hong Kong. The eventual failure of this attempt marked a positive
turning point in EW's life. BA later dissolved his partnership with
ER and established his own sales organization. In 1974, EW and Jane
Harvey stayed at his spacious Munich office before heading overland
to Iran, Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent. JH again stayed
at Arietta's office, briefly and on her own, in the summer of 1974.
And in 1977, Arietta & his wife Ingrid visited EW & JH in
London. EW and Arietta maintained correspondence contact until the
early 1980s, after which they lost touch. A long letter from Arietta
was published in Ins & Outs magazine no. 4/5, under the heading
Bad Debts. By then, Arietta was living in Port Jefferson, Long Island.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 9
tearsheet from I&O 4/5 = 1
* Bayley, Bruce (& Patricia Hall) [English. Born (1947) in
India to British colonial parents, he emigrated to the U.K. at the
age of 17. Poet, playwright, actor, drama therapist, astrologer
& professional spiritualist. (See <http://www.brucebayley.co.uk>)
He & EW have been extremely close friends since they first met
in London in the summer of 1973. At the time, Bayley was one of
a handful of people sharing a Kennington flat with Jane Harvey.
EW & JH later lived together in this flat. (Also see N. Froggett
profile.) Patricia Hall, BB's housemate and ex-fiancée. A
close friend of Jane Harvey's.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 5
p-copies EW to/from BB = 7
photo = 1
poem = 1
* Biederberg, Suzanne [Australian. Owner of the Suzanne Biederberg
Gallery in Amsterdam. Close friend and patroness of EW's since the
early 1990s. (Some of SB's gallery announcements are in the Catalogues,
assorted File.)]
correspondence = 11
magazine profile of SB = 1
* Brood, Herman† [Dutch legendary rock musician and painter,
acquaintance of EW with whom he performed in late '70s, suicide
July 2001]
p-copy of EW correspondence to HB = 1
* Bruner, Rick [Editor of Budapest Week]
copy of fax RB to EW = 1
p-copies of EW correspondence to RB = 5
* Carpenter, Bruce (& Carola) [American photographer &
Oriental artifacts dealer. He & his wife Carola lived in Amsterdam
for many years, during which time they developed a friendship +
professional & business association with EW. One of Carpenter's
photographs (made with Charlz Junod) appeared in the second issue
of Ins & Outs magazine. He & Carola now live in Bali.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 4
p-copies EW to/from BC = 1
* Clements, Alan [American. Published a translation of the Hsin
Hsin MIng (verses on the faith mind by Sengstan, third Zen patriarch;
from the Chinese), of which EW purchased ca. 200 copies to give
to friends, acquaintances, colleagues, business associates.]
capsule bio = 1
copy of "Hsin Hsin Ming" = 1
correspondence = 2
p-copy EW to AC = 1
* Corso, Gregory †
p-copies of EW correspondence to GC = 2
* Crawford, Steve [American poet & prose writer. A former sports
editor of the Tehran Journal (a position EW was later to assume),
he & EW met in early 1974, when EW freelanced as a features
writer for the Ettela'at-owned English-language newspaper. The letter
from SC which begins with "Wow!" and is followed by several
short poems stems from the follow occurrence: After leaving Iran,
SC traveled to Greece and settled for a while on the island of Amorgos.
Although he & EW had not stayed in touch, word got back to EW—just
as he & Jane Harvey were finishing up their second working sojourn
in Tehran—that SC was practically penniless. EW immediately
wired him a couple of hundred dollars. When it arrived, brought
to him by the local postman, SC had just spent his very last drachmas
on a bottle of beer and was sitting by the sea pondering his next
move. EW first heard this story in the summer of 1976, when he stayed
at Crawford's Greenwich Village apartment for a few days.]
correspondence = 6
p-copies EW to/from SC = 3
poems = 7
* Danielian, Ruth [English palmist & teacher. Longtime Amsterdam
resident. EW allowed her to live in his flat in the red-light district
for a period of time in the mid 1980s. They still occasionally see
one another + have email contact.]
correspondence = 8
p-copies EW to/from RD = 2
Business card = 1
* de Jong, Daan [EW's Amsterdam lawyer]
correspondence = 2
p-copy EW to DDJ = 5
letter to/from realty agents = 1
* DeVit, Mario J. ["Marty"] [EW's step-cousin (b. 1922).
IBM customer engineer (first-generation computers), later head of
American Management Association's computer department. EW spent
many of his childhood summers at DeVit's small farm outside Waterbury,
CT; years later (1957) the 2 shared a flat in Manhattan for several
months. EW was at the hospital with DeVit's estranged first wife
when she died of brain cancer; shortly thereafter (1960) he was
best man for DeVit's second marriage. The 2 lost touch not long
after the death of EW's mother (1987).]
correspondence = 4
p-copies EW to/from MD = 2
* Diana, Juanita [Intimate friend of EW's during his San Francisco
reading tour (summer 1980).]
correspondence = 3
p-copies EW to/from JD = 2
* Doran, Barbara & Frank Seiple [Americans. Barbara Doran is
a nurse, Frank Seiple a carpenter & architectural designer.
First met EW & JH in Tehran in early 1974, at the Amir Kabir
Hotel. Thereafter, they continued to meet up: in Afghanistan, where
they traveled together; later in Dharamsala, India, where they shared
a small house for a month. In 1974-75 (after meeting up yet again),
the 4 shared a large house in Tehran's Armenian neighborhood, together
with the American advertising executive Mick Royston. During EW's
stint as sports editor of the Tehran Journal, he convinced Seiple
to become his assistant. When EW & JH left Iran, Seiple took
over as sole sports editor. In 1976, EW stayed for nearly three
months at the couple's house in San Francisco. Communications continued
even after Doran & Seiple separated, finally evaporating in
the early 1980s.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = BD 14 / FS = 1
p-copies EW to/from BD/FS = 2
photo of EW by FS = 1
* Dwyer, Ed [editor Oui]
correspondence = 4
p-copy of EW correspondence to ED = 2
* Ellwood, Russell [American photographer. Befriended EW in New
Orleans (Sept 1976), putting him up for a week in his flat just
outside the Vieux Carre.]
correspondence = 17
EW poem "The Vieux Carre" inc. stanza about RE = 1
* Fargas, Jaume [Spanish (Catalan) social activist & comix
dealer (ZAP, Barcelona). Friend and (1979-ca. mid-1980s) business
associate of EW's. Befriended EW & JH during their Barcelona
sojourn (Dec 1978-Feb 1979), arranged living quarters for them,
etc. For a time, also had an independent business association with
Henk van der Does (see his file + I&O Business file in the General
Inventory).]
correspondence = 5
p-copies EW to/from JF = 7
contact sheet of JF wedding of convenience by anon. = 2
Zap Comix poster = 1[Oversize PVC tube #2]
* Ford, Terry
correspondence = 1
* Friedman, Paul† [American currency speculator. Initially
based in Munich, Friedman was a friend & occasional business
associate of Eddy Rose's (see his profile). Visited Bangkok in the
early 1970s and looked EW up. The two became friends. Shortly thereafter,
Friedman moved to Thailand, where he apparently died sometime in
the 1980s.]
correspondence = 4
p-copies EW to/from JF = 7
* Froggett, Nicholas† [English. Intimate friend of EW's.
One of the "handful of people" (mentioned in the B. Bayley
profile) who shared a Kennington flat with Jane Harvey in the early
1970s. He & EW met at the offices of London's GLF (Gay Liberation
Front) when EW was staying at 'Heartbreak Hotel' in Shepherd's Bush
(see Ian & Sue Goss profile). Froggett later rented his room
to EW for the summer, which is how EW & JH met. (After Froggett
returned from his continental travels, EW moved into JH's room.)
Committed suicide ca. 1980. His brother Noel, with whom EW is in
occasional contact, now lives in Devon, England.]
correspondence = 3
EW poems about NF = 2
* Gartner, Michael † [American. Business associate of Henk
van der Does (see his file in General Inventory) and EW's (late
1970s-early 1980s). At EW's suggestion, visited Paul Bowles in Tangiers
while on holiday in Morocco (early 1980s). (See Paul Bowles file
in General Inventory for letter from Bowles mentioning Gartner's
visit).]
correspondence = 3
* Galea, Vic
correspondence = 1
* Glubin, Cheryl (Tarika) [American practitioner & teacher
of Alexander Therapy. Worked as editorial assistant on Ins &
Outs #2. EW & JH were staying in her flat when they suddenly
decided to leave Amsterdam (Nov 1978), and it was to her they addressed
their farewell letter. Now lives in Puna, India.]
duplicate handwritten original of EW/JH farewell letter = 1
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 3
anon. photo of CG = 1
* Goenka, S.N. [Indian businessman (born in Burma) & renowned
Vipassana (Buddhist) meditation teacher. During EW's 3-month stay
at The Island Hermitage in Ceylon ((Jan-March 1973), he was given
Goenka's name & Bombay address by the Buddhist monk/author (The
Heart of Buddhist Meditation, etc.) Nanaponika Maha Thera. When
EW's money was stolen in Bombay (Aug. 1974), and after having lived
penniless on the streets for a week, he looked Goenka up at his
offices. Unable to provide suitable accommodations in Bombay, Goenka
offered EW a train ticket to Bodh Gaya, saying he could also arrange
for him to stay indefinitely at the Buddhist vihara (monastery)
there. EW politely refused: It was necessary for him to remain in
Bombay and await mail (and hopefully money) from Jane Harvey, who
was then en route overland to Europe and to whom he had written
care of Ben Arietta (see his profile) in Munich, Germany. SG thereupon
gave EW fifty rupees and said, "Here, try your luck."
Shortly afterwards, EW sent SG his last copy of 30 Poems (self-published
in London, 1973). Circa September 1975, EW & JH met an English
traveler in Pakistan who told them about a SG meditation course
which was scheduled for later that month/early the following month
in Dalhousie, India (foothills of the Himalayas). EW & JH went
there and signed up for the course. [It was on this course that
EW first met Ira Landgarten (see his file, General Inventory; also
Paké & Julie profile below)]. After three days, EW made
an appointment to see SG privately (ostensibly, as was the custom,
to discuss meditation matters). Immediately upon entering the room,
EW proffered SG a 50-rupee note. "You're here to talk about
dharma (the natural order of things, right conduct, etc.),"
SG said. EW responded: "It was very high dharma when you gave
me that money in Bombay." "Then put it on the table over
there and sit down," SG replied.] / In the early 1980s, JH
coincidentally met Jenny Brookes [see EW Timeline, Early May-mid
Oct. 1975] at a SG course in Igatpuri, India. It was on that occasion
that Jenny revealed to JH (who was by then separated from Eddie)
something about her feelings for EW. But, although they were already
corresponding, it would be another 15 years before Jenny Brookes
& EW met again. The two have been living together in Devon,
England since Oct. 1998.]
correspondence = 1
interview with SNG in East West Journal, 1982 = 1
* Goss, Ian & Sue [Australian & New Zealander, respectively.
Very close friends of EW's from the time they first met in Bali
(1972). Visited EW at The Island Hermitage in Ceylon (early 1973),
at which time EW took a short leave of absence and stayed for some
days with the couple in Hikkaduwa, Moratuwa & Colombo. After
EW had hitchhiked from Munich to England in May 1973, arriving in
London with only 3 pounds to his name and not knowing anyone else
in the city, it was Sue Goss whom he looked up at the Shepherd's
Bush bed & breakfast, 'Heartbreak Hotel.' Ian was in Nepal on
business at the time, returning to London toward the end of EW's
1-month stay at the B&B (see N. Froggett profile). Later maintained
social contact with EW & JH, with whom they also corresponded
during the early Ins & Outs years.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 9
letter from Ranjit Jinasa
* Green, Surya [American writer, mainly on spiritual subjects,
and longtime Amsterdam resident.]
* Hannum, John [American. EW took over from him as sports editor
of the Tehran Journal (autumn 1974), while also assuming the added
position of night editor. And it was the house in which Hannum &
his wife Jennie had been living that EW & JH then rented (see
Barbara Doran & Frank Seiple profile).]
correspondence = 5
* Henn, Max † [German (1906-2002). Owner/mgr of Bangkok's
Atlanta Hotel since 1952. Former chemist, univ. lecturer and (1965-1976)
agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). [See bio from
The Big Chilli included in this file.] EW first heard of the Atlanta
Hotel in Hong Kong in 1969, from an Austrian painter-traveler-con
man named Robert*, for whom he edited a traveler's magazine called
Robert's Purple Mirror. When EW & C. Hollis (see his profile)
stayed at the Atlanta in February 1970, the hotel had very few guests
and was mainly frequented by foreign residents who came there to
swim. MH then gave EW a stack of Atlanta business cards, which EW
carried with him when he hitchhiked to Singapore the following month.
On the back of each card EW wrote his own name. He also gave a card
to every traveler he encountered. This move proved to be the Atlanta's
making, for when Singapore's immigrations authorities decided to
expel virtually every budget traveler from the city state, their
only easy recourse was to head straight up the Malay peninsula to
Bangkok. (Fortunately for EW, he had left the main 'hippie area'
of Sam Leong Road only a day or two before, to move in with his
lover Kim [see EW Timeline, March-June 1970], who had a shared flat
(with four other drag-queen prostitutes + an Indian amah or maid)
in the Katong area. "Sie bekommen Geld von mir! (I owe you
money!)," was the first thing MH said to EW upon the latter's
return to Bangkok in June of that year. The Atlanta was full; so
full that MH had to shuffle people about in order to find a room
for EW. The two maintained close personal contact throughout EW's
two-year stay in Bangkok. Before moving to more luxurious quarters
(after he'd landed a job with the Bangkok Post, etc. [again see
EW Timeline]), EW paid for his room at the Atlanta by assisting
MH with his professional correspondence, most notably with Prince
Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. EW saw MH again when he, Jane Harvey
& Christina Thue (see her profile) stayed at the Atlanta in
April/May 1976. Thereafter, they continued to stay in touch, albeit
intermittently: EW occasionally sent Amsterdam friends who were
visiting Thailand to see him and say hello; and the two spoke on
the phone a couple of times ca. 1990, when EW's then-live in girlfriend
Karin Musso** stopped at the hotel on her way to & from a holiday
in Ko Phangan. EW further kept abreast of Henn's and the Atlanta's
progress by way of Emmy van Draanen (an early I&O editorial
assistant, later P. Edel's relationship partner [see P. Edel file,
General Inventory]), who had herself visited MH and subsequently
developed a close friendship with MH’s son Charles. There
was some email communication between EW & MH in 2000, + has
been from that time with Charles Henn.
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* Robert was an interesting character. Although a talented artist,
he found it easier to make a quick buck buying cheap mass-produced
paintings, touching them up, then having his girlfriend sign &
sell them as her own...usually by sitting alone at the bar of an
expensive hotel, nursing both a drink and a large portfolio and
luring unsuspecting punters with her physical beauty + forlorn demeanor.
When EW & Carl Hollis traveled to the southern tip of Luzon
island, in the Phillipines, they encountered a longtime expatriate
resident who knew Robert, and remembered when he'd been apprehended
offshore by the immigrations police, in a small boat and with several
different passports in his possession. Robert's Purple Mirror was
likewise interesting. The first issue contained a classic piece
by Robert entitled "The Rise & Fall of the Thai Song Greet,"
about the Chinese hotel near Bangkok's Hualamphong train station
where EW & JH stayed for a week in May 1976.
** Some EW/Karin Musso correspondence is included in the George
Robert Minkoff file (General Inventory). Additional KM letters,
etc., may join the EW Archive at a later date.]
correspondence = 2
recent emails EW to/from MH & son, Charles = 4
Atlanta Hotel brochure = 1
p-copies EW to/from MH = 1
printout of email from son, Chas. Henn = 1
bio article from Bangkok magazine The Big Chill = 1
photos = 3
* Hollis, Carl [English & American (dual nationality). Former
British Army paratrooper (served in Cyprus, Aden, Malaya). Attended
Cambridge U. Employed as a croupier at Charlie Chester's club in
Soho, London (at which time he was closely acquainted with the writer
Dennis Wheatley). Also a freelance undercover operative for the
OSI (U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations). Met EW in
Frankfurt in 1968 when circumstances necessitated his leaving the
U.K. and he signed on as a book salesman with E. Rose/B. Arietta
(see their profiles). Was 'given' to EW as a trainee, worked with
him 'on the road' in Germany throughout 1968, and accompanied him
to Hong Kong (see Arietta profile; also EW Timeline for this period
& later), stopping off/staying en route in Athens, Bombay &
Bangkok. CH & EW had a long and varied association; particularly
interesting considering their radically different views on so many
matters (e.g., politics, the military, law & order, drugs, etc.).
After Hong Kong, they traveled together to Japan, the Phillipines,
Thailand, Singapore. CH took a job as a helicopter spotter on an
oil rig off Indonesia. He reappeared, in Bangkok, around the time
EW was finishing up with The Bangkok Post and starting the news
& features service Dateline Asia, of which CH became ad director
for its commerical radio & television projects. When EW left
Bangkok for Bali (March 1972), he assigned his Dateline Asia shares
to CH. Sometime later CH was forced to flee Thailand & eventually
made his way back to Germany. He, EW & JH met briefly at Munich's
train station in 1974, immediately after which the couple caught
a bus to Istanbul (via Yugoslavia & Bulgaria). In 1978, CH &
his second wife showed up in Amsterdam and visited the first I&O
office on the Nieuwe Zijds Voorburgwal. Especially memorable was
a lively conversation that CH had with Ira Cohen. For some years
afterward, CH & EW stayed in periodic touch, including by telephone.
When last heard from he was living in Cambridge, England.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 6
p-copies EW to/from CH = 1
* Kennedy, Anne [English. Intimate friend of EW's (esp. 1986-7).
They first met when AK came to Amsterdam (1985) in company with
EW's soon-to-be live-in girlfriend Christine Richman*, a former
lover of B. Bayley's (see his profile) and one of JH’s closest
friends.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 14
p-copies EW to/from AK = 13
* Correspondence, etc., from CH may be included at a later date.
Married & with children, she now lives in Devon, England.
* Klinger, Barry [American, owner of Book Exchange, second hand
English-language bookstore in Amsterdam, long-time association with
EW, bought 90+% of EW's extensive library over a period of 2 years
after EW went broke.]
correspondence = 2
p-copy of EW correspondence to BK = 1
business card = 1
* L'Amour, Fifi [Australian cabaret artist, long-time Amsterdam
resident with whom EW performed numerous times]
correspondence = 1
p-copies of EW to FL = 3
postcard photo of FL = 1
- Cassette recording of performance evening (Oct 1993) at Cafe van
Dale (Nijmegen, NL), with EW, Fif L'Amour, Mignon Omoroka (Mignon
van Ingen) = 1
[in archive cassettes]
* Leighton, Andy [English. Former editor (1976) of International
Times (IT)]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 1
* Lukas, David Scott [American photographer & dealer in Oriental
arts & crafts. First met EW in Kuta Beach, Bali (1972); the
2 immediately became close friends. In June 1974 they met again
in McCleod Gang, India (Tibetan refugee community). During that
time, DSL also developed a friendship with Barbara Doran & Frank
Seiple (see their profile), with whom he later stayed in touch.
Towards the end of EW's first San Francisco sojourn (August 1976),
DSL phoned Doran & Seiple from Tucson, Arizona to say he was
coming to California on business and to visit them. EW answered
the phone. "Eddie Woods, what are you doing in America?!"
DSL exclaimed. On Aug. 28, EW drove with DSL to Tucson (see EW's
story "A Topic of Cancer?" in the Henry Miller file [General
Inventory]; also EW Timeline for this period). Further communication
evaporated sometime in the late 1970s-early 1980s.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 6
p-copies EW to/from DL = 1
photo of EW [Bali] = 1
- [photo of DSL is in Additional Archive Photos (General Inventory)
* Malik, Muhammed Akram [EW met in Multan, Pakistan, 1975]
correspondence = 1
* Manders, A.J.M. (Swami Sri Ram) [Dutch. The Netherlands' very
first Rajneesh (later Osho) devotee/neo-sannyasi. Worked as EW's
foreman/overseer during the ongoing renovations of the I&O building
(early 1980s). Now living in Pennsylvania, USA.]
correspondence = 6
p-copies EW to/from R = 3
* McDonald, Jack [American fiction & documentary-film writer.
He & EW met (late 1996) when JM was renting an apartment from
Gerry Abrams (see his profile) in the latter's house in Amsterdam.
Lives in Cambridge, Mass. Note: EW & JM mainly communicate by
email. Some of these communications (there are now 100+) may be
included in EW Archive at later date.]
correspondence = 6
p-copies EW to/from JM = 13
* Messina, Maria [American graphic designer. A former art student
of Claude Ponsot's (see his file/General Inventory), for whom she
also modeled. Became an intimate friend of EW's after Ponsot introduced
them (New York, October 1976). Stayed in touch till ca. late-1977
(when EW & Jane Harvey were again living in London), after which
they lost contact. Communication suddenly resumed (thanks to Claude
Ponsot!) in December 2000, this time via email.]
correspondence = 13
p-copy of correspondence EW to MM = 1
poem for MM "Ave Maria" by EW = 1
print out of emails MM to EW = 2
photo repro of painting by C. Ponsot of MM = 1
* Miscellaneous Travel Correspondence
correspondence = 6
* Mona (Mona Winslow, real name Nancy Walker) [American (Chicago).
Former Amsterdam prostitute and close friend of EW's. Later became
good friends with both Ronnie Dreyer (see her file/General Inventory)
& Jane Harvey.]
correspondence = 3
p-copies EW to/from m = 1
poem for M "Mona Lisa" by EW = 1
* Monsen, Hans Christian ("Mons") [Norwegian. Friend
& occasional business associate of EW's. The 2 first met in
Barcelona (Dec. 1978). Visited Amsterdam frequently throughout 80s.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 7
p-copies EW to/from HCM = 2
* Muirhead, Dennis [EW met him traveling]
correspondence = 2
* Nixon, Rob (& Robin Fennel) [American writer & filmmaker
whom EW met during his first San Francisco sojourn (mid-June through
late August 1976). Robin was his girlfriend.]
correspondence = 3
copy of unpublished rev of RN film = 1
* Paké & Julie [American couple (Paké is Hawaiian).
EW met them in Seoul (June 1976). Soon learned that they'd had a
long association with Amsterdam (where EW had not yet been); further,
that they were friends of Olaf Stoop's & Martin Beumer's (see
Marpa file/General Inventory) of the Real Free Press, whose names
EW had recently been given (Kathmandu, early 1976) by Ira Landgarten*
(see his file/General Inventory), with whom the couple were also
close friends.] A letter from Paké & Julie was published
in Ins & Outs no. 3, under the heading Hawaiian Lei, along with
a photo by Paké.
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* EW first met Landgarten in mid-1975 on a meditation course in
Dalhousie, India (see S.N. Goenka profile). They met up again in
Calcutta (late 1975-early 1976), where Landgarten was then living
+ studying sitar with the noted musician Manilal Nag. It was Landgarten
who advised EW & Jane Harvey to go to Kathmandu, where EW again
spent time with him in March & April of 1976, and which led
to many other associations (Ira Cohen, Roberto Valenza, etc.). Plus
see Kathmandu file (General Inventory).
correspondence = 2
* Nyanaloka Maha Thera† [Sinhalese. Abbot of The Island Hermitage,
Ceylon.]
capsule profile = 1
correspondence = 1
letter from Heepitiya Bhaddiya = 1
letter from Andrew Rowlinson = 1
p-copy of letter EW to AR = 1
photo NMT = 1
* O'Donnell, Peter [American. He & EW met in Seoul, South Korea
(June 1976) when O'Donnell & his wife were staying at the same
guest house as EW. The couple were then on their way to Tokyo.]
correspondence = 4
* Petra [German. Former Amsterdam prostitute & eventually a
close, intimate friend of EW's.]
correspondence = 4
p-copies EW to/from P = 1
photo + note = 1
* Rabie, Bozzie [South African. Art curator and for a time co-owner
of the Porto Nova Gallery in Nijmegen, Netherlands. A longtime Amsterdam
resident, she & EW have been close friends for many years. Occasionally
retains EW as an editorial adviser in the preparation of catalogues,
etc.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 10
catalog of BR exhibition = 1
poster of BR exhibition = 1
p-copies EW to/from BR = 3
Porto Novo Gallery announcement of D. Blok exhibit = 1
Bozie Rabie "Rewind Fast Forward" exhibition = 1 [Oversize
PVC tube #2]
* Richman, Harry [English writer, father of Christy Richman]
correspondence = 3
p-copies EW to HR = 5
book by HR = 1
* Rogalska, Gina [American writer & dancer. Intimate friend
of EW's; closely associated with Ins & Outs during its formative
years.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 7
p-copies EW to/from GR = 4
poems = 2
* Rose, Edward M. ("Eddy") [American businessman, formerly
based in Munich. EW joined his encyclopaedia sales organization
in 1965, after nearly a year of selling mutual funds to U.S. military
personnel for Bernie Cornfeld's Investors Overseas Services (IOS).
ER was later joined in this operation by B. Arietta (see his profile).
In the early 1970s, ER visited EW in Bangkok. The two saw one another
again in 1976 (March and May), after EW had returned to Europe from
the East and before hitchhiking to London from Munich. EW's friend
and erstwhile sales partner, C. Hollis (see his profile), continued
to have a business relationship with ER for some years after his
own return to Europe (ca. 1973).]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 1
* Rutz, Charles [Dutch school teacher. EW & Ins & Outs
Press' immediate next door neighbor throughout the 1980s. He &
EW had several amusing conflicts, mainly on account of EW's dog
Snuffie. Rutz finally moved out.]
correspondence = 2
p-copies EW to/from CR = 6
Box 5 [Personal Correspondence Files #2]
* Santu Mariposa [American. Business associate
(gemstones, carpets, Oriental artifacts) of EW's throughout most
of the 1980s. Longtime Amsterdam resident.]
correspondence = 3
p-copies EW to/from S = 1
* Shivdasani, Mohan (“Mo”) [Indian. Father was a wealthy
Calcutta newspaper proprietor who had emigrated to West Bengal from
the Sind (then West Pakistan) following paritition. He & EW
first met in Feb. 1970 at Bangkok's Atlanta Hotel (see M. Henn profile).
In late 1975 & early 1976, EW & JH visited/spent time with
him and his family in Calcutta. (See also Remo Paul Altoe profile.)
Note: Further correspondence with Shivdasani (including while EW
& JH were traveling across India by bicycle [see EW Timeline,
Oct 1975-Jan 1976]) appears to have gone missing. He & EW are
now back in touch via email.]
correspondence = 1
* Smidt, Alexander † [Dutch. Advita Vedanta teacher.]
p-copies of EW correspondence to AS = 12
- taped conversations EW/AS, + other relevant cassettes, may be
archived at a later date
* Sofia, Constantino ("Tino") [Austrian-born Australian
national. Trader & artifacts dealer, specializing in rare-unusual
objects intended for museums and collectors. He was on the very
last helicopter flights out of both Saigon and Phnom Penh at the
end of the Vietnam War, on each occasion carrying near-priceless
statuary he had acquired from local residents who had 'liberated'
them from Buddhist temples and needed immediate cash to secure their
own evacuation. In some instances CS's finds have resulted in official
archaeological redatings. CS & EW met at the White House Hotel
in Taipei (mid-1976) and subsequently traveled together around Taiwan,
including a week-long stay at a Ch'an temple near Sun Moon Lake.
They also haunted the bazaars of Taipei and T'aichung, giving EW
an opportunity to observe CS's professional acuity firsthand; also
to pick up a few trading pointers for his own later use. The two
met up again, by arrangement, in Seoul. Thereafter they went their
separate ways, with the intention of meeting again, somewhere. This
never happened, however; and after corresponding for a while afterwards,
they eventually lost touch.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 19
* Thue, Christina [German. She & EW met in Kathmandu (early
April 1976) and soon became intimate friends. Some three weeks afterward,
the two flew to Bankok together. They were unexpectedly met at Don
Muang Airport by JH (who was intending to return to Nepal the next
day). The 3 then shared a room at the Atlanta Hotel (see M. Henn
profile). CT departed Thailand for Germany a week or so later, after
which EW & JH moved to the Thai Song Greet Hotel (see Robert
footnote in M. Henn profile). EW & CT continued to communicate
till the early 1980s, after which they lost touch.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 7
p-copies EW to/from CT = 1
* Tyson, Bill [American. He & EW met at the Adi Yasa Hotel
in Den Pasar, Bali (late March 1972) and quickly became close friends.
After EW left Bali six months later, he & Tyson maintained occasional
contact, both by letter and via news exchanges with other travelers.
In September 1976, EW stayed for a few days at Tyson's home in Philadelphia.
A letter from Tyson was published in Ins & Outs no.3 (under
the heading Pathan Piss Take).]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 6
* Veen, Anthony van der (Tony) [South African (Dutch national from
birth). Former world traveler, but for many years now an Amsterdam
hotel owner & manager. He & EW have been extremely close
friends since the early 1980s. Occasional business associates. A
v/d V is also a poet (see Audio Cassettes above + Special Books
& Mags).]
correspondence = 3
p-copies EW to/from TV = 7
Business card = 1
* Ven, Andreas van den (Toshen) [Dutch. Friend & occasional
business associate of EW's; also Ins & Outs general building
overseer for a period of time in the 1980s. Variously lives in Seattle,
Los Angeles and in Puna, India.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 8
p-copies EW to/from AV = 3
Business card = 1
* Volgarino, Gino [American. EW's maternal first cousin. Sometime
in the 1950s, he suddenly left his wife & children and vanished
without a trace. Reappeared in the mid-1970s, after having traveled
the world and then lived for a time in British Columbia, Canada.
Remarried (his first wife having divorced him as soon as it was
legally possible to do so) and settled in Yorkshire, England. Visited
& stayed with EW & Jane Harvey in London (1977). Also (it
has now come to light) on two occasions in the 1970s visited with
EW's first wife & his eldest daughter. EW & Volgarino lost
touch many years ago.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 16
* Weber, Harold J. [American (New Orleans). Catholic priest (Jesuit).
EW met Weber at St. Mary's (church & college) in Batticoloa,
Ceylon while traveling around the island (late 1972) and before
settling for ca. three months at The Island Hermitage (see EW Timeline,
Oct 1972-March 1973). He stayed at St. Mary's for about a week,
after Weber arranged a room for him in the priests' quarters. The
two immediately became close friends. When EW suddenly left St.
Mary's (having rightly sensed that he was making the other priests
nervous), Weber went looking for him in a jeep, found him walking
along a road, and drove him to a nearby Anglican ashram (where EW
put up for several days). The night before, Weber had given EW a
pocket edition of The New Testament (Gideons, hence the King James
version!), which he inscribed as follows: "[Presented to] Ed
Wood [sic] by one who learned from him so much about true brotherhood.
Harold J. Weber, S.J. Oct. 29th 1972 7.25 pm." This small Bible,
which also contains Psalms and Proverbs, is still in EW's possession.]
capsule bio = 1
correspondence = 1
* Williams, Malcolm [English writer & businessman. Friend of
EW's, business acquaintance of Benn Posset's (see his file), mainly
in the 1980s.]
correspondence = 3
* Williams, Tennessee † [EW & TW met, became friends
in the early 1970s, in Bangkok, hanging out regularly for about
3 months and also traveling together to Singapore & back. Unfortunately,
all correspondence (several letters) from TW to EW was destroyed
in EW’s “renunciation fire” (Bali, 1972), for
details of which see EW Timeline.]
p-copy of EW correspondence to TW = 1
+ EW miscellaneous personal correspondence
+ Miscellaneous Editorial correspondence
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August 6, 2007
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