Items

• Letter, Bob Stoff to George, Florence and Jim Stoff, November 11, 1942
  Letter, 6 Pages, Envelope
• Letter, George Stoff to Florence Stoff, Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 30, 1944
  Letter, 6 Pages, Envelope
• Letter, Florence Stoff to George Stoff, Brooklyn, New York, June 8, 1944
  Letter, 8 Pages, Envelope
• Letter, Bob Stoff to George and Florence Stoff, July 12, 1942
  Letter, 6 Pages, Envelope
• Letter, Bob Stoff to George, Florence, and Jim Stoff, South Carolina, November 23, 1942
  Letter, 8 Pages, Envelope
• Letter, George Stoff to Florence Stoff, Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 8, 1944
  Letter, 6 Pages, Envelope
• Letter, George Stoff to Florence Stoff, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 15, 1944
  Letter, 2 Pages, Envelope
• Letter, George Stoff to Florence Stoff, June 10, 1944
  Letter, 4 Pages, Envelope
• Letter, Bob Stoff to George, Florence, and Jim Stoff, December 27, 1942
  Letter, 8 Pages, Envelope
• Letter, George Stoff to Florence Stoff, August 20, 1945, Letter 2
  Letter, 6 Pages, Envelope
• Letter, George Stoff to Florence Stoff, France, October 26, 1944
  Letter, 4 Pages, Envelope
• V-Mail, Florence Stoff to George Stoff, Monticello, New York, June 16, 1945
  V-Mail
• Letter, Bob Stoff to George, Florence, and Jim Stoff, November 25, 1942
  Letter, 6 Pages, Envelope
• Letter, George Stoff to Florence Stoff, February 29, 1944
  Letter, 4 Pages, Envelope
• Letter, George Stoff to Florence Stoff, France, November 4, 1944
  Letter, 4 Pages, Envelope
• Letter, Florence Stoff to George Stoff, December 6, 1943
  Letter, 4 Pages, Envelope
• Letter, Florence Stoff to George Stoff, March 26, 1945
  Letter, 4 Pages, Envelope
• Aspect Magazine vol. VIII, August-September 1972
  This cover of the thirty-two page August-September 1972 issue of Aspect magazine is a photograph by Caroline McAllister of a rock band on a stage from behind looking out over an audience. The cover includes the price of the issue that is 50 cents. The issue was co-edited by Seamus Finn, Geoffrey Clark, Edward J. Hogan, and Paulette Carroll.The issue includes four essays: "The Rich are Different From you and Me Alright," by Seamus Finn, "Hair of the Dog," by Geoffrey Clark, "John F. Kennedy: An End and a Beginning," by Edward J. Hogan, and "Against the New Morality," by Paulette Carroll. The essay by Seamus Finn is followed by two poems, Eric Cashen's "World Affairs," "Sightseeing" by Wilson Stapleton, "Three Children on a Dark Road," by Nancy Shattuck, "The Fall Hunter," by Bill Meisner, and an untitled poem by Richard Latta.The nonfiction essay "John F. Kennedy: An End and a Beginning," by Edward J. Hogan, is then followed by Brian A. Connolly's poem "The Barn Board." The final essay, "Against the New Morality," is by Senator Jean Alice Smith of Arkansas. The essay is reprinted from the October 1971 issue of Gentlemen At Home. The editor added a note explaining that he is the senator of Arkansas and is known as "common sense" philosopher.The short fiction "Hair of Dog" by Geoffrey Clark is followed by "The Overcoat," by Emilie Glen, "Grasshopper," by Molly Beck, an untitled two-page poem by Sandy M. Beck printed in a landscape orientation, and Sally S. Anderson's poem "The Builders." The issue concludes with an editorial note that Aspect welcomes photographs, poems, drama, cartoons & illustrations from anyone who thinks their work is worthy. "If you have done it and you like it, send it to Aspect" is written on the magazine's last page. "An exchange of views is encouraged" as the magazine says.The co-editor and publisher, Ed Hogan, includes a note for the readers explaining that the next issue will be postponed because he will be out of state working as a coordinator for the MoGovern campaign for the elections. He promises the readers that when he comes back, there will be two combined issues of the magazine, October and November and after that they will get back to their monthly schedule.He mentions that the next issue will be filled with some nice work that readers will enjoy. He finishes his note with "Peace to you."
• Aspect Magazine vol. 9, issue 51, July-August 1973
  The cover of this blue-tinged issue is a black and white abstract illustration by Harland Ristau entitled "Neurotic Vulture.". The table of contents is broken into three sections: an opening section of fiction, nonfiction, and a review; Poetry, and Art Work. Each section of the table of contents is in order by when that section appears. In the first section the page numbers are listed as 5, 14, 33 and 46. In the poetry the page numbers include 4, 9, 11, 12, 13, 23 etc. After the table of contents this issue transitions to a white, more paperback, kind of a color rather than the blue tinge reminiscent of a pamphlet. The first poem is called "Street Protest," which is about a group protesting in the middle of an intersection. The first story follows, "Local Color," about a man named Jack Nichols, who crashes his plane into a mountain as part of a stunt in front of the press and a crowd. Some in the crowd are disappointed that it didn't explode, saying it would have been better to watch on T.V. The short narrative poem that follows is untitled and narrates the life of Willie from beginning to the end. The next page is a photograph by Barry Eckstein of a group of six men talking to one another in front of a blank billboard, and a building. Two poems follow, the "Town Queer and "Down Franklin Avenue." Another short story follows, "The Lady and the Bitch," which is 'taken from a novel in progress by Mel Conway." At the end of this story is a drawing by Richard Latta. A series of short poems then follow: "Love Poem" by Stephen Broyhill "First Goodbye by Becky Fogle, "Winter Rooms," and "The Fisherman," by Frederic Matteson, "Tess," by Diane Stein, "A Well and a Fig Tree," by Lori Petri, "Sunday Afternoon," by Esther M. Leiper and "Great Mother," by Patricia Baker. The next two-page poem "Spring Irony" written by Robin Becker, is printed in landscape format. The sequence of poems concludes with "Partial Evolution" by Barbara A. Holland and "Broadway 8 A.M." by Dierdre MacGuire. The next piece is "Inflation and the Nixon N.E.P.," a short essay about the inflation occurring during the Nixon administration by William Blum. After the essay the poem "Expatriots," written by Cynthia Day Roberts, is about how wars aren't affecting the U.S anymore as they are "elsewhere". The next page has black and white abstract art by Harland Ristau titled in the Table of Contents "Harbor of Fear." The next piece is by the French-American Paulette Carroll, an "Instruction Manual for the French Ballade," details meters, breaks and syllable counts. A poem "Limbo" follows, a poem adapted into English from the French by Carroll. "Lisaveta to Raskolnikov," written by Barbara F. Lefcowitz, is a love poem written to a male Russian lover." The Summer before Darkness" is a review by Ellen Schwartz of a special issue of the Harvard Advocate: Feminine Sensibility (Winter 1973) and Doris Lessing's novel The Summer Before Darkness.. Four more poems follow this review: "Off Hand," written by Emile Glen "Empty Cola Can," by Anthony P. Nasta, "Here I Is," by Harland Ristau, and "Word Balloons." by Geraldine Sanford. "Off Hands" is an angry poem telling someone's spouse that they are through and to drop dead, and "Empty Cola Can" is about a man writing to Congress protesting the Vietnam War and how the Fenway is blocked with protestors. "Here I Is" is about a Civil Rights Protester in Alabama who can't go too far into the protest because he has work tomorrow, and "Word-Balloons" is about a lover who is not listening to the other and just day dreaming of the past, when the relationship was easy. This next section is called "Small Presses" and it starts of with an ad for Poets to submit their poems to the "New Newspaper" in Wichita, Kansas. The ad was written by Edward J Hogan and it says to address all poems and inquires to Theodore Gott. What follows is a review section of four books and all of the reviews were written by Edward J. Hogan. The first book is called, "A Book About Love & War & Death," by Dicks Higgins and published by "Something Else Press" and it is 240 pages long. Hogan finds himself lost due to the weight and philosophy of the text. The next book reviewed is "The Cats in the Colosseum" by John Stevens Wade and published by "The Crossings Press" and it is 36 pages long. Hogan is impressed by Wade's writing and Hogan says that it is timeless or unmodern as it discusses love in a cornfield or fishing in dark pounds. The next book, "Free Fire Zone" by Vietnam, Veterans, meaning there is more than one author and they aren't all listed. "Free Fire Zone" was published by "1st Casualty Press". While Hogan says there are excellent and poor entries out of the 24 poems in "Free Fire Zone" the most important part is that it helps understand Vietnam from the soldiers who fought in Vietnam. The one poem Hogan credits is "Candidate" by James Shield and the entry provided is about train tracks. The final book reviewed is "Planning Escape" by Alan Ziegler and published by "Release Press." Hogan does not say much about "Planning Escape" other than to understand "Planning Escape" one must read it and that it is a fine collection of poems. 24 "Drawings" is the last book reviewed and it is a collection of art by Paul Oppedisano and Harry Zirlin. It was published by "Release Press" and has 300 printed and 100 hand-colored drawings. Small Press continues after describing books three magazines that have all been reviewed by Edward J. Hogan. The first magazine reviewed is Ludd's Mill of Almondbury, Huddersonfield, England. It is described as delightfully chaotic and it contains social commentary, reviews, and some absurd jokes, among other topics. The second magazine reviewed called "Star-Web Paper," by editors Thomas Michael Fisher and Richard Blair and it is published by St. Andrews College. Not much is said by Hogan about "Star-Web Paper," other than that it was well illustrated and mentions poems by David Meltzer, Larry Zirlin, and Emilie Glen but not the name of the poems they contributed. The final magazine reviewed is "The White Elephant," and it was edited by Stephan Morse, Clifton Simms, and Mary Jane Morse. It was published in Oakland, California. Hogan describes it as more accessible than most little magazines. The issue ends with the "People Inside" that credits all who contributed to the issue of Aspect Magazine.
• Aspect Magazine vol. 6, issue 36, January 1972
  On the beige cover of the twenty-page stapled-magazine is a photograph entitled "Rocker, Abandoned Hotel," by Roger Camp. The first page has the table of contents, as well as submission information and the price for copies of the magazine. The table of contents is broken into poetry, listed first, essays, and then artwork. It was made available with foreign money (with an extra fee), but Aspect offered subscription ordering as well as the fifty cents per copy. Aspect was also listed in the Directory of Little Magazines from 1971-1972, and is also part of the Committee of Small Magazine Editors & Publishers (COSMEP) during this time. Edward J. Hogan, Frances Tsu-Huai Yuan, and Deborah Becker are the three members of the editorial board, and Edward J. Hogan is the general editor and publisher. The contents of the essay begin with Ellen Link's "Confrontation by Telephone: a Diary" that includes a longer entry for May 16 1968 and a shorter entry for May 23. Two poems by Frtiz Hamilton, "In Beth Israel Mental Hospital" and "Eulogy," are followed by the poem "Jazz Notes" by James Hasgood, "A Public Dunking of Donuts" by Kendall Wilt, an illustration and untitled poem by Richard Latta, and Joan McNerney's "On Viewing Buddha in the Metropolitan Museum. A short untitled essay by Eric Cashen follows with an illustration by Lorianne Hogan, Tom Montag's poems "Winter Wind" and "Canoe Trip: New Summer," with an illustration by Meredy Mullen, an untitled poem by John D. Dolan, and the poem "The Vanquished" by Anthony P. Nasta. The art in the magazine is mostly abstract. All of the art, except for the cover page, is left untitled and placed with poems. A commentary by Edward J. Hogan, "I.F. Stone slows Down," is followed by the section "Small Presses/Received" with one book of poems, Ship Bound for Where by Kent Chamberlin. The last page is the ending of the poem, but there is no blank back page on the magazine itself.
• Aspect Magazine vol. 11, issue 62, May-June 1975
  This fifty-two page issue is titled Aspect: Poetry, Fiction, Politics. The lime-green cover has a line drawing by Jean Segaloff of a two cylindrical shaped buildings with windmills on a stone wall. The issue is edited by Edward J. Hogan, Jeff Schwartz, and Ellen Schwartz. The inside cover contains a table of contents with Five headers: Essays, Fiction, Poetry, Art Work, and Newes & Reviews followed by the authors and page numbers associated under each header. The issue contains art work from Jean Segaloff, Marjorie Masel, Roger Camp, and one image that is included as part of Andrew Darlington's poem, published with permission from the Manchester Central Library, a photograph taken by an anonymous freelance photographer in Manchester, England.This issue includes two nonfiction essays. The first , "Corliss, Master of Power," by Frank J. Jones, offers a point of view into mechanical engineer, George H. Corliss' power and public influence due to his invention, the steam engine in the mid-1800s. A longer second essay, "Winning in the Sierras," by Robie Darche, discusses the position of women in casinos as changegirls and cocktail waitresses, with discussion of keymen as well. Another version of this essay was published in the March/April 1975 issue of the Canadian woman's magazine, Branching Out. Each essay is preceded with a full-page illustration.Two brief works of<strong> </strong>fiction are included : "Paradise,, by Gudanowska and "Karla in the Dark," by Bettina Barrett. There is also a book review by Edward J. Hogan of George Shaw Wheeler's "Bureaucracy, Reform, and Intervention in Czechoslovakia" focuses on events during 1968, including the goals of Czechoslovakian reformers and economicsThis issue contains poetry from M. T. Buckley, Christine Smith, Jeffrey Katz, Barbara A. Holland, Sterling Kelly Webb, Andrew Darlington, Doris Wight, Joan Colby, Dennis Nicholas Hoppin, Karen Solstad, and Rick Smith. Doris Wight's, "New Bottles: A Genuinely and Completely Modern Poem" and "Karen E. Solstad's "Self-Portrait" appear in landscape format.A description and method of treating "Sore Nipples" from Dr. Willich's Domestic Encyclopedia is found, and credit is given on page fifty-one. Also on page fifty-one is credit for the drawings in the review section, which came from the New Masses. As well as a place to order Edcentric Magazine, a place to get news and commentary from the educational reform movement. Another advertisement for a monthly newsletter about the U.S. Military named Recon, is included on the back page.In News titles such as "Granite Suit", "Montreal Writers" Cooperative: Imaginative Space", "100 Flowers Closes', "Aspect Benefit," are included prior to a letter-to-the-editor. Ellen Schwartz reviewed Final Analysis by Lois Gould and Jane by Dee Wells.The bottom of page forty-four has one of the last sections. "Poems & Insults!" discussed Charles Bukowski and the impact he has. He reads his poems and stories for audiences at various locations. One of his pieces is called Burning in Water Drowning in Flame. This is followed by Public Testimony by Elizabeth Fenton, and Of Earth by Douglas Worth, which have brief descriptions as well as the price of the book.This concludes with a section for magazines. Bachy by John Harris, Bob Mehlman, Patricia Washington, and others; Branching Out by New Women's Magazine Society; Women/Poems III by Women Poems Press are available with price and descriptions as well.The back page of the magazine is titled, "The People Inside". It includes notes on Michael Buckley, Christine Smith, Frank Jones, Jeff Katz, Barbara Holland, Marjorie Masel, Robie Darche's, Doris Wight, Roger Camp, Bettina Barrett, and Rick Smith. It states that "Aspect is a member of the New England Small Press Association (NESPA) and the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines (CCLM)" and that the magazine is printed by Design Workshop, Inc.
• Aspect Magazine vol. 10, issue 52, September-October, 1973
  This issue includes art work, a combination of prose and verse poetry, a short story and a political essay. It was put together by co-editors Edward J. Hogan, Ellen Schwartz and Gail Braatelien. The opening contents page lists the artists by page number and some information about the issue and magazine itself. The art in this issue ranges from political commentary to more experimental artwork, poetry and prose writing. There are three pieces of art; two by Ingeborg Hayward, including the magazine's cover photo, and one by Jean Segaloff. They are all untitled. There are poems by Eric Felderman, Arthur Winfield Knight, Fritz Hamilton, James Klein, Jane Creighton, R.D. Swets, Carla Bacon, L.S. Fallis, Judy Neeld, Robert Pinsley, Emilie Glen, Linda Ann Chomin, Barbara Unger, Brett K. Canfield, William Talen, Elliot Fried, Howard Curtis and Ed Porter. There is a short story, "The Machine Shop," by Ottone Riccio, and a short political essay, "Watergate: The Roots of Corruption Lie in Vietnam," by William Blum. Near the end of the magazine, as the last artistic piece, there is a short poem by Charles Bukowski, "When Hugo Wolf Went Mad--."On the back cover of the issue, there is a section called "The People Inside," with brief biographical information on the contributors. The magazine concludes with an encouragement to artists and writers to send work in for later issues.
• Aspect Magazine vol. 7, issue 37-38, March-April, 1972
  The cover, a goldenrod staple-bound paperback, has an illustration of Salt Lake by Edward J. Hogan. There is a note that two of the editors, Frances Yuan and Deborah Becker, have left the magazine due to disagreements concerning the intent of Aspect, and that Ellen Link has joined the editorial staff.The issue begins with an untitled short essay by Ellen Link on the power of language and writing. Included are poems by Richard Latta, Bill Meissner, John D. Dolan, Don Foster, James Hagood, Emilie Glen, Deirdre MacGuire, Gregory Fitz Gerald, Richard Stansberger, Maxine Turner, Barabara A. Holland, and Wilson Stapleton; artwork by Richard Latta, Noelle Wright, and Harland Ristau; and a political essay by Hogan "McGovern: 2—His Record, His Proposals, & Can He Win?" There is an excerpt from Edward King's thoughts published in the Boston Globe on June 7, 1971 regarding Nixon, "In Response to Nixon's Blockade of North Vietnam: I Turned on the TV, My President Was Speaking." In addition, there is an essay by Eric Cashen entitled "Age."Included is a small presses received section with comments by Hogan. The journals included are City Newsletter, published by Community Involvement Through Youth, Inc., EdCentric, published by the Center for Educational Reform, Hey Lady, edited by Edwin H. Burton, WFUSA Federalist Letter, and To Free Mankind, edited by Norman E. Leach. The books listed are Aphorisms and Oraclitus by David Kipp, published by The Green Knight Press, Kyoto in Winter by Tom Galt, and Monday Morning Press, edited by Thomas Montag. There is also an index of volumes V and VI from March 1971-February 1972.On the last page is an apology to readers for a printing delay. The back cover includes a section titled 'The People Inside' that provides a brief biography of the authors. Also listed are the subscription, advertising rates, and a suggestion to readers to send in their works to be reviewed for publishing.
• Aspect Magazine vol. VI, issue 36, February 1972
  The grey-blue cover, page one of this twenty-page stapled issue, is adorned with an ink-blot-like drawing by Harland Ristau titled, "The Owls Have It." Written on the front cover parallel to the spine is the issue number and date of publication, along with the title of the publication, Aspect. The Table of Contents includes a note that reads "Ellen Link, whose work was first published in ASPECT last month, has joined our editorial board. She is from Sommerville."This issue is comprised of one non-fiction opinion piece, "McGovern: Its About Time We Elected an Honest Man," by editor Edward J. Hogan, focused on prospective democratic party nominees in the 1972 Presidential election. Hogan briefly entertains a number of democratic candidates to challenge incumbent President Richard Nixon for a run at the White House in 1972. Hogan predicts that George McGovern is the best candidate to challenge Nixon. The issue includes a short piece of fiction by Daniele Guillroy, and a series of eight poems. Even numbered page numbers appear on the top left corner of the page, with the name of this publication, Aspect, in the top right corner. Odd numbered page numbers are marked in the top right corner of the page, replaced by the month and year of publication in the top left corner of each page.The poems begin on the second half of page seven: "In Younger Days," by Larry Neal Bowers, "Choice?" by Colleen E. Rutherford, "On Being a Publisher," by Tom Montag, Everyman's Price," by Wilson Stapleton, "Cotton Mather's Prayer," which appears with a stand alone, anonymous illustration of a cross on page ten, "Crazy Lopez, by Fritz Hamilton, and a three-part untitled poem by Ricahrd Latta. This is followed by a prose poem "Cabbage" by Daniel L. Guillory and a four-stanza poem "Scenes of Today" by Judy Shepps.Beginning on page fifteen is an index of contributors for volumes V and VI (March '71-February '72). This index is broken down into sections by genre. The index is listed by author, with the title, page, and issue. On the bottom of page fifteen is an advertisement: "Market Place. All up-to-date. Tells you where to send poems, stories, juveniles, articles, photos, reviews, interviews, cartoons, satire, letters. Hundreds of magazines. Book publishers. You name it! We've got the market. For important news and recent announcements. Market Place, Box 14, Mt. Vernon, Maine 04352. Just published. $2.00."
• Passport of Walter Singer, 1938
  This is the passport of Walter Singer. It was issued September 6, 1938 by the "Deutsches Reich" or "The German Empire." Walter Singer was born in Vienna Austria on November 17, 1916. Singer fled Nazi Germany in 1939. Walter Singer was married in Vienna on July 31, 1938, the last day that Jews were allowed to marry in Austria after the Nazi invasion. This passport includes a physical description of Singer. He is described as having a medium build, with a long face, blue eyes and blond hair. His profession is listed, but indecipherable. Realizing that the Jews in Austria were in great danger, he and his wife Edith secured passports and booked passage to Latvia. The passport outlines Singer's travel plans. As is listed in the passport, Singer intended to travel to Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Australia, The United States of America, Latvia, or Great Britain. Latvia refused entrance to Singer and his wife, and they were forced to go back to German territory. There are a number of stamps in the passport showing Singer leaving Austria and returning, there is also a stamp from the Länderbank, Wien the country bank of Vienna. Singer was arrested by the Gestapo on November 9, 1938. Singer's wife, Edith, learning of his arrest, begged the officers for his release. Her request was granted on the condition that she could acquire two steamer ship tickets out of Europe. The couple went back to Vienna and received American visas on January 6, 1939. There is an Immigration Visa stamp on the final page of the passport that was processed February 13, 1939 at the American Consulate in Vienna Germany.