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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. ;