:: the famous, the notorious, & the complete unknowns

Randy R

Randy R
Lincoln NE
A complete unknown

Karl Shapiro

Karl Shapiro
University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
Poet, Pulitzer Prize 1945

Darlene Barnes

Darlene B
Lincoln NE
Pioneering feminist

S Clay Wilson

Steve (S. Clay) Wilson
Lincoln NE
ZAP Comix artist

Steve Abbott

Steve Abbott
Lincoln NE
Scrip editor 1965-66,
Subject of Fairyland, ISBN-10: 0393348903

Carl Davidson

Carl Davidson
Lincoln NE
SDS national Vice President 1966

Grady Waugh

Grady W
Lincoln NE
Guitarist

Also in Lincoln NE -

Joe Knight

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg
Lincoln NE & Cleveland OH
New York Poet

Peter Orlovsky

Peter Orlovsky
Lincoln NE
New York Poet

Clarence Major

Clarence Major
Omaha NE
Man of Letters, artist, UC Davis Professor Emeritus

Also in Omaha NE -

Matt Shulman
Cleveland poet, publisher

Nick Chodzin

Nick C
Chicago
Payphone & parking meter saboteur

d. a. levy

d. a. levy
Cleveland OH
Publisher, 7 Flowers Press, Marrahwanna Quarterly

Dagmar Ferek

MaRa (Dagmar)
Cleveland OH
Artist

Also in Chicago -

Jim Craig

Tim Mosher

Jan the Mod

Al Gallagher

Mary Mary

Edward English, Poet

Edward English
Lincoln NE & Boulder CO
New York vagabond poet

Janis J 1966

Janis J
Chicago
Unknown singer at Mother Blues

Toni Horton

Toni H
Albuquerque NM
Juvenile runaway

Emmett Grogan

Emmett Grogan (photo © Lisa Law)
San Francisco
Diggers co-founder

David G

David G
New York, San Francisco

Keith B

Keith B
New York

Randy Wicker

Randy Wicker
New York
Underground Uplift Unlimited owner & prominent gay rights activist

Tuli Kupferberg

Tuli Kupferberg
New York
Poet & founding member of The Fugs

Valerie Solanas

Valerie Solanas
New York
Society for Cutting Up Men
Shot Andy Warhol June 3, 1968

Ellen S

Bethany S
New York, San Francisco

Abbott Hoffman

Abbie Hoffman
New York
Youth International Party YIPPIE

Photo credits:

Abbot Hoffman
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-new-york-stock-exchange-gave-abbie-hoffman-his-start-guerrilla-theater-180964612/ March 27, 2018

Allen Ginsberg
https://thinghost.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/paris-review-interview-1966-allen-ginsberg-and-the-art-of-poetry/ March 26, 2018

Carl Davidson
http://unlhistory.unl.edu/xslt/xslt.php?&_xmlsrc=http://unlhistory.unl.edu/legacy/unl.00025/unl.00025.xml&_xslsrc=http://unlhistory.unl.edu/xslt/unlhistory.xsl March 25, 2018

Clarence Major
http://english.ucdavis.edu/people/cmajor March 27, 2018

d. a. levy
http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/general/id/252/rec/2 March 27, 2018

Dagmar (MaRa)
http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm/ref/collection/press/id/2797 March 25, 2018

Edward English
https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/13/archives/edward-english-poet-58-dies-he-celebrated-life-as-triumph-read.html July 7, 2018

Emmett Grogan
https://www.pinterest.com/source/flashingonthesixties.com/ March 27, 2018

Grady Waugh
http://siberiawithaview.com/uncategorized/waiting-for-the-still-point-the-end-of-the-set/ March 25, 2018

Janis Joplin
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Big-Brother-drummer-holding-onto-the-times-that-11119423.php March 27, 2018

Karl Shapiro
http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/stadler_center/shapiro/ March 25, 2018

Keith B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37yTkaZM_u4 external link (February 22, 2018)

Peter Orlovsky

http://allenginsberg.org/2013/05/13512/ March 27, 2018

Randy Wicker
http://gaytoday.com/garchive/viewpoint/042400vi.htm March 27, 2018

Steve Abbott
newspaper clipping, unknown source

Steve (S. Clay) Wilson
unknown video

Tuli Kupferberg
http://www.azquotes.com/author/20227-Tuli_Kupferberg March 27, 2018

Valerie Solanas
http://crimefeed.com/2017/06/crime-history-valerie-solanas-shoots-andy-warhol-in-1967 March 27, 2018