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Note 1: "June 7, 1961. Both sides stereo. First side has Carole and Gene. Carole upset and tears. Then First meeting with editor of "2nd coming" and also protogra…"; Note 2: CDI 1. darkroom loft sound. Smith, (radio/tv in background) 2. cont'd with Private XXX Smith/Carole moans and groans 3. cont'd 4. cont'd -7. cont'd with loft ambient 8. cont'd mic pan 9. con'td ambient 10. Smith's yells something off mic 11. Smith enteres, noisily on stairsteps 12. cont'd 13. ambient, vox, off mic CDII 1. women's voice 2. cont'd sobbing? 3. con'td ambient 4. stairsteps and door sounds, water/darkroom 5. "Gene Smith lives here and there" 6. con'td restart 7. Smith" "He's not here anymore" (Dave Sibley) CDIII 1. ambient, street, loft 2. typing and putter with some whistling, voices off mic 3. con'td, Smith near mic 4. cont'd with more talk. 5. cont'd Jimmy Stevenson talking: "ten dollars" "Jackie" and "locksmith" 6. cont'd loft talk lock and logistics 7. "It's only ten thirty" and "how many people are living in this place? Gene Smith? Hall Overton?" lock change and session organized 8. **Esformes and check cashing service described and directions given to their office.**** 9. small talk 10. loft ambient and talk 11. cont'd with Smith/Carole off mic 12. ambient CDIV (Smith Overton Stevenson Thomas Bill 1. piano and talk "Piper Laurie picture" 2. Smith and Carole money talk. Also, on Dave Sibley and Frank with Jimmy Stevenson (Loft transitions***) 3.***Let's get together with Frank, Gary" Jimmy Stevenson's Friday get together. "about five downstairs, that'll be the time" (Jimmy Stevenson) 4. cont'd talk 5. stairsteps and talk , stolen Smith camera and other stolen items. 6. cont'd important talk and loft details with Smith and Stevenson "Joe Gaston, tenor player" 7. more talk 8. talk mentions John Brooks and Sidney Bechet painting 9. party/session description 10. cont'd with "put it in a safe place" musicians 11. cont'd talk, ends. CDV 1. cont'd at phone ring and talk in stairwell 2. cont'd 3. cont'd 4. steps and door 5. cont'd with low talk, "start a rumor" 6. Ken Heyman" and other talk, "Carole, call Gene Albert on the phone see if there's an assignment for me." 7. Jimmy Stevenson calling for Gene from other floor 8-11. con'td ambient, putter 12. Hall and Jimmy Stevenson asking where he is. CDVI 1. talk off mic 2. cont'd and Hall Overton talking with Stevenson 3. cont'd with hammering and off mic talk 4. Jumps to: piano and male voice talking "Ed" bass and piano 5. new tune "Hey Jimmy I'm gonna split, I'll give you a call tonight" "You talk to Warren?" "He was up here about 6:30." 6. piano riffs into tune.;

Note 1: "1960. 1 7/8 4 track. Cat. Early 1960 an attempt (full length) (poor). Read paradise garden. beging with a poorly recorded telephone conversation (Ivan tentchoff and Gene about family. Another telephone conversation with George Orick about book. Cats kittens, setting up mike at time of birth."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith's voice, reading and commenting "Well, what's his attitude towards educaton, now?" (Smith talking with Ivan Tentchoff) 1-3. 4. New call to Larry for Sid, photo talk 777 Batch. Jumps to other call, then to other content 5. Walk to Paradise Garden monologue 5-9. 10. Jumps to Smith on phone discusing Paradise Garden, War, photo issues and then call for Kline -14. CDII 1. mic noises and footsteps away, Smith's voice off mic 2. cont'd clatter and multiple cats meowing 3. cont'd with radio in background "twenty five after four now" 4. cont'd ambient 5. cont'd 6. meowing cats and "Brunehilda" 7. cont'd 8. cont'd 9. mic pops and putter 10. cont'd 11. cont'd 12. cont'd CDIII 1. mic tamper in loft and Smith words to cats 2. "Go back to your milk, this is mine." 3. putter and sliding around 4. cont'd, new steps 5. cont'd mic noise and Brunehilda", loud mic static, brief. 6. talk with Brunehilda "Bring it here." 7. cats 8. cats 9-12. cont'd CDIV 1-12. loft cont'd ambient and putter;

Note 1: "1st Class - July 1961. Lou, Gene, Carole."; Note 2: CDI 1. voices in darkroom, Lou, Gene, Carole 2. cont'd photo talk occasionally, 3. more talk and new arrival voices 4. cont'd 5. "these are his?" 6. "Where's Pete?" 7. photography discussion, physicality of photo shoot 8. cont'd, quiet 9. "Frank" "Pending in the window" (jumps to new section) 10. more talk and "Gene said he'd be right down, he's upstairs, kitch..." Know where the darkroom is" 11. Smith talking and getting ready to sit down. Setting up for class. CDII 1. Smith and Lou talking and Smith: "Thank you all...for helping me to get the place cleaned up." 2. Smith adjusting lights and Lou getting seats upstairs 3. Smith arranging for class "Charlie" and "Dave Ryan" 4. Dave Heath book discussion 5. cont'd, Heath's approach 6. Steichen visit mentioned. Wayne Miller 7. Eisendstadt and other talk 8. questions and answers with Smith 9. more questions, layout, selection, photographs 10. sequencing and process 11. cont'd 12. mention of Cartier Bresson CDIII 1. Cartier as subject cont'd, mention of Robert Frank 2. **Smith on his Miami photo conference tape and editors 3-6.**Smith on layout and learning, his photography 7. good discussion 8. Smith on magazine layout 9. cont'd, phone rings. Photography as medium. 10. cont'd with print issues and money and time contstraint concerns 11. cont'd 12. Smith on books, layout. CDIV 1. nature of story, children jumps to different section 2. cont'd story from track 1 3. cont'd 4. cont'd (someone else's youth photo story) CDV 1. cont'd discussion, bad audio 2. cont'd stairwell talk and small talk 3. cont'd 4. cont'd 5 .cont'd 6. cont'd 7. cont'd, Smith talking about photography 8. cont'd 9. cont'd 10. cont'd photographic essay adventure story on the stairs 11. cont'd, CDVI 1. Smith on photography and perception 2. more photo talk, PIttsburgh example 3. cont'd 4 .question for Smith (Jimmy Stevenson on stairs?) 5. cont'd photo discussion 6. cont'd 7. **Smith urging to photograph/work despite fatigue 8. late night work discussed 9. cont'd talk and then less 10. cont'd ambient. ;

Note 1: "Sept 18, 1963. Vher on inside track. Mie Rod (first visit for play) and others. Technically good. Carole, Myra Burt Shauitis Gene not brilliant."; Note 2: CD 1: Very faint radio, movement in the loft. 2 female voices--not Carole. Tr. 2, 2:30: "Do you think Ken is happy?" "No." "He's going to Georgia…to make educational films for a TV station." "It's not where you go, it's what you do." CD 2: Silence, footsteps, faint conversation btw 2 women. Smith enters. Uneventful. CD 3: Cont'd, faint conversation. Tr. 10-Smith, Carole, another man. End tr. 12-Smith and another man talk about moving a dresser. CD 4: Piano, vibraphone warming up, talking (many people) talk about being a musician and paying the bills. **Good jamming on here--saz, vibraphone, drums, piano. ;

Note 1: "One side. Burt Shauitx (young Photographer) and Gene (some Carole)."; Note 2: CDI 1. 30,000 records (Smith, Carole, Burt Shavitz) 16 tons of pictures, and stolen cameras 2. cont'd talk and Carole leaves/returns 3. cont'd Smith's photos out 4. cont'd 5. cont'd with technique and photos discussed (specific) 6. "they were all up in the hallway" ("number one's") "no wonder I couldn't find anything" (Smith) bits of banter, Smith. 7. cont'd 8. cont'd photo talk 9. Pepsi 10. cont'd, "street corner holy roller bible givers" 11. Rolleiflex camera and photography as a living 12. cont'd talk. CDII 1. cont'd from CDI, photography talk "French Hungarian photographer" 2. cont'd story, signal corp, food stills, Foyman, Whisky Ad, Old Kentucky Whisky 3. "met Gordon Parks" and mention of Hitchcock's Psycho. 4. more Gordon Park's anecdotes and Limelight Exhibition, "Friday night" 5. cont'd "get thee to a darkroom and work"** 6. Smith leaves and returns talk with Carole and Burt 7. ***"I wish I put it all on tape so I didn't have to go through it again." "Burt Shavitz" 8. photo talk ; Note 3: Extra CD 1: Mostly faint conv., footsteps. More audible conv. Begins end tr. 5. Smith mentions "Leiberman." Smith and another photographer talking about memories of other man's photography past. Yeshiva, hebrew, rabbi, photography; trying to sell a picture to PepsiCo. **Tr. 11 3:30: Smith asks other man (Feinstein?) why he wants to earn his living as a photographer. CD 2: cont'd. Feinstein (?) talking about photography.

Note 1: "Conversation and Work? Carole and Sue. Sept 1961. Side 1- midway rough sound backwards - cant hear anything else. Couldn't find anything worth dumping to tape."; Note 2: CD 1: Running water--in the darkroom. Conv. w/ Carole. Good ambient noise. ;

Note 1: "1st Side - 1. Talking about photo school project. 1.L.V 2. Jean Sheppar Follow MB. 3. Music."; Note 2: CD 1: LJN, briefly. Martin Newmark, author of "Manhattan, Island in the Sun," talking w/ host named Murray. Ads. News--plane crash, Soviet Union. CD 2: Someone narrating children's book--Alice in Wonderland? CD 3: Folk music. "Anesthesia" by Yosef, Wilbur Harden. Jazz-"Summertime." Coleman, Smith, Little, Crosby--"Down Home Reunion". Big Miller. CD 4: Very muffled--radio talk show? CD 5: Bad sound quality--Smith. CD 6: cont'd. Smith (muffled). 2nd half inaudible. ;

Note 1: "Everything on box is crossed out."; Note 2: CD 1: ***In the loft. Carole and "Mrs. Bucher," and agent (editor? Publisher?). Smith enters. Discussion of book layout, captions, paper, mention of a "Propoganda" section and a "Modern Science" section. Mention of Simon and Schuster. CD 2: conv. Cont'd. Mention of Steichen, Museum of Modern Art. CD 3: cont'd. Smith talks about difficulties he's facing printing such a large book. Mention of Martinez. Smith is showing photos to Bucher. CD 4: cont'd. ;

Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CDI 1-10. Smith talking to cat, and ambient loft. "Al" Most, cat, addressed on track 5. CDII 1-7. Smith and Al Most with TV ambient background CDIII 1-10. cont'd, ambient and putter with Smith pouring drink on track 6. CDIV 1-7. cont'd CDV 1. Television, Channel 7 ambient and: Long John Nebel show. Guests: Jeff Baker (on Schweitzer), Peter Cone, Roy Schull, on WABC 1. Ad for American Heritage Magazine 2. "the stars were in your eyes" song and Ad for Spic and Span. Also ad for Jackie Robinson on Les Crane's Nightline show, "next on Channel 7." Then W. Eugene Smith telegrams. 3. song 4. Jackie Robinson announced 5. TV caller 6. LJN and ad 7. National Observer mention 8. cont'd 9. cont'd with Fleishchman's margarine ad. CDVI 1. LJN and American Heritage Ad 2. cont'd, Television Louder than LJN show. 3. cont'd 4. cont'd 5. cont'd call ins. 6. cont'd, ad for margarine, for Channel 7 Amazing Collosal Man and Yuban coffee 7. Channel 7. Nightline, talk and callers. ;