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San Francisco Diggers, Communication Company, Free City Collective,
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Earth/Life Defense Commune, &c.
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Cat. No.: CC-233 Full record BibCit: By the diggers. N.d. ca. 4/2/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: com co (ups). Collation: Gr. ink for bold letters, blue ink text.. Collection: SOLA-o; x(CSL). Abstract: Frames the street as a living commons and invites the people of Haight Street to repossess it through play, costume, ritual, and mutual restraint rather than confrontation. Its central gesture is quintessentially Digger: the transformation of ordinary urban space into a theater of free social being, where “cowboys, indians, monks, troubadors, minstrels, poets” and every other variety of citizen are called to become players in “a play in infinite acts by the people.” The sheet insists that those on the street are not nuisances or intruders but its rightful tenants, and that the occupation of Haight Street should unfold not as a showdown with authority but as an extension of life itself.
At the same time, the text reveals a disciplined ethic beneath its celebratory surface. Each participant is charged with the responsibility to keep hostility absent and to exercise that responsibility “beautifully,” making gentleness itself into a radical social practice. In this way, the broadside proposes a form of collective street action rooted not in aggression but in presence, improvisation, and shared imagination. It stands as both an invitation and a manifesto for the Digger ideal of public life: a spontaneous, open-ended social theater in which the street becomes a stage for free persons learning to inhabit the world otherwise.
Cat. No.: CC-241 Full record BibCit: By Anderson, Chester. 4/2/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: comco (ups). Collection: SOLA-x(CSL).
Note: I Ching hexagram below title. Title is hand lettered.
Cat. No.: CC-260 Full record BibCit: 4/2/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: "gestetnered with joyous abandon by the communication company, ups, let's take a walk in our park". Collection: SOLA-o(MPD).
Cat. No.: CC-266 Full record BibCit: 4/2/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: ComCo/UPS. Collation: Multi-color design on white paper. Signed "The Diggers". Collection: SOLA-o(PW). Abstract: A companion piece to CC-233. Where *Gentleness in the Pursuit of Extremity is No Vice* spells out the social philosophy of the action, this sheet renders the same call in a more visual and lyrical key, and distills the message into image, typography, and slogan: “Haight Street is ours to play on till we feel it beautiful to stop.” The flowers, the spacious design, and the playful imprint embody the very sensibility the first sheet describes—an occupation of the street through beauty, improvisation, and presence rather than confrontation. Together, the two pieces function as theory and lyric, manifesto and poster, each completing the meaning of the other.
Note: Lower right corner contains a stylized Om symbol above a short text in Devanagari script, probably Sanskrit, used here as a decorative spiritual element. Its inclusion reflects the Indian religious and visual motifs that circulated widely in the Haight-Ashbury community.
Cat. No.: CC-209 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 4/3/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SOLA-o(DW). Abstract: Reprint of article from The Daily Californian, 4/3/67: "J. Edgar Hoover Criticizes 'Mac Bird,' Filthy Speech."
Cat. No.: CC-106 Full record BibCit: n.d., ca. 4/5/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: 2/c, Illus in purple of photo of a group of armed Indians. Text in black.. Collection: SS-x(BL) | SOLA-x(SS). Abstract: Announcing a press conference at 1757 Waller for April 5, 1967 to present "the unified, positive forces."
Cat. No.: CC-196 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 4/6/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: Illus. with drawing of nude figure.. Collection: SOLA-o(DW, 2nd c. $, var. on GrPa). Abstract: Announces "digger free poetry reading for the spring mobilization for peace" Thursday, 6 Apr 1967, 8pm at Glide Church, to include: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Lenore Kandel, Lew Welch, Ed Bullins, Richard Brautigan, Andrew Hoyem, Pamels Millward, James Koller, Bill Fritsch, Jeff Sheppard, Patrick Gleason, and Ron Loewinson.
Note: The back side of 2nd copy acquired in 2002 has hand written ledger cash receipts similar to another ComCo sheet.
Cat. No.: CC-250 Full record BibCit: 4/6/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: com/co (u.p.s.). Collation: 1/c (Blue text on ye pa).. Collection: SOLA-o($) | SOLA-x(unk).
Cat. No.: CC-219 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 4/7/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: Orange pa, 3-hole punch left margin.. Collection: SOLA-o (DW). Abstract: Announces an event of poetry and drama reading, etc. at Bayview Community Center.
Cat. No.: CC-027 Full record BibCit: 4/8/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: the communication company (ups). Collation: YePa. Collection: SOLA-xSS | SS-oL. Abstract: "M.G.M. cameramen, here to film RIOT ON HAIGHT STREET, reputed to be PASSING OUT FREE ACID to make the action more 'Authentic.' It's a bribe, but I'm an easy lay for free acid."
Note: "this rumor gestetnered for what it's worth by the communication company.."
Cat. No.: CC-092a Full record BibCit: 4/8/1967. Broadsheet. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SS-x(m) | SOLA-x(ss). Abstract: R.s.: "passive emotions/ ...". Prose/poetry statement.
Cat. No.: CC-168a Full record BibCit: By Anderson, Chester. 4/8/1967. Broadsheet. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SS-o(L) | SOLA-o(DW);SOLA-x(Blaine). Abstract: Put down of Jerry Katzman and MGM in the Haight to film "Love Riots."
Cat. No.: CC-232 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 4/8/1967. Broadside. ca. 4" x 5". San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: Com Co. Collection: SOLA-x(CSL).
Cat. No.: CC-252 Full record BibCit: 4/8/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: commujication company (UPS). Collection: SOLA-x(unk). Abstract: Nine-line poem.
Cat. No.: CC-028 Full record BibCit: By diggers, the. 4/9/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: cc (ups). Collation: 1/c. Orange pa.. Collection: SOLA-o-BB0422 | xSS:SS-oL. Abstract: Schedule of afternoon activities at Haight Street digger event, beginning with "1 P.M. Dance of the Sorcerer's Apprentices (brooms provided) Haight & Ashbury $0.00 2 P.M. Street Dance Music by The Dead Haight/Ashbury $0.00"
At bottom of sheet: "Note: Confrontations with the police don't seem to work out any better than meetings with the proper authorities. ..If The Man blows his cool again, why not add to his embarrassment by splitting?" Signed "C.A."
As a model of Digger events, this sheet embodies "create the condition you describe" and the condition is: AUTONOMY.
Note: The editorial note is by Chester Anderson (C.A.)
Cat. No.: CC-036a Full record BibCit: 4/9/1967. Broadsheet. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: cc (ups). Collection: SOLA-o($) | SOLA-xSS | SS-oL. Abstract: Report of a meeting between various hippie leaders and the Hopis to discuss a Be-In at the Grand Canyon. Eloquent statement of opposition to the idea proposed by Dick Alpert, et al. Emmett Grogan the presumed author of this report.
"Grogan talked from his youth and sought awareness -- He questioned the motives for a Be-In at Hopi Land. No, we have a community. We have many communities. ..-- Now we must follow the organic steps toward our own development as a tribe."
Note: Bottom of r.s. has feathered 'running man' symbol (see _Ringolevio_, p. 380). Anon: by Emmett Grogan.
Cat. No.: CC-203 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 4/9/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: 5/c: Bk, Re, Bl, Ye, Pu. Lettering in psychedelic style.. Collection: SOLA-o(DW). Abstract: Announces a benefit for Angry Arts Week and the Spring Mobilization, April 9, at Longshoremen's Hall, $2.50.
Note: Variant in Anderson MSS, BANC: yellow paper, and central circular motif on left edge is different between the two. The yellow paper has a dove emblem. The white paper has the words "The Grateful Dead."
Cat. No.: CC-225 Full record BibCit: 4/9/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: com co (u.p.s.). Collation: 1/c, wh pa.. Collection: SOLA-x(CSL).
Cat. No.: CC-139 Full record BibCit: By Van Hoy, Scot. N.d., ca. 4/10/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SS-x(BL) | SOLA-x(SS). Abstract: "KDIG the new HIPPY radio station, will be in operation ... by April 10, 1967." Signed Scot Van Hoy, 1775 Haight Street.
Cat. No.: CC-152 Full record BibCit: 4/10/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SS-x(BL) | SOLA-x(SS). Abstract: Needs people to help clean or bring cleaning or other supplies.
Cat. No.: CC-159 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 4/10/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SS-x(B) | SOLA-x(SS). Abstract: Announces a meeting at All Saints Parish Hall, Mon. Apr. 10.
Cat. No.: CC-181 Full record BibCit: 4/10/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SOLA-o(DW). Abstract: Announces a reading by LeRoi Jones for 14 Apr 1967, 1711 Broderick. Admission: $2.
Cat. No.: CC-154 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 4/11/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: 3/C (Re Bl Be). Illus of face with helmet.. Collection: SOLA-o($) | SS-o(Tr) | SOLA-o(DW). Abstract: Title is complete text.
Cat. No.: CC-184 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 4/13/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: Illus. with drawing of nude woman.. Collection: SOLA-o(DW). Abstract: Various events, e.g. Work Circle, Open House, Communication Circle, listed for 165 18th Avenue.
Cat. No.: CC-239 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 4/14/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: com co (ups). Collection: SOLA-x(CSL).
