Williams, Jonathan
A collection of ephemeral publications from Williams and the Jargon Society including In the Field at the Solstice, 1976, no. 66/103, inscribed as 'Karl's [Torok] from Jonathan'; Epitaphs for Lorine, 1973, inscribed 'Karl's from Jonathan'; Who is Little Enis?, Jargon 82, 1974, one of 500 signed 'For Karl from Jonathan'; Edwin Morgan's Siesta of a Hungarian Snake, Jargon 65, 1971, in original envelope; Ronald Johnson, Eyes & Objects (Catalogue for an Exhibition: 1970-2, one of 1000; and an broken run of Jargon Society postcards 1-4, 8-10, 12, 14, 17-20
together with other Williams' ephemera: The Apocryphal, Oracular Yeah-Sayings of Mae West, Kumquat Press; a 1975 New Year's Greeting pamphlet, inscribed from Williams and Tom Meyer; Universities Library Christmas Broadside Dec 1981 inscribed 'for Karl' and signed Jonathan Williams; and 8 pages of typescript, three variously titled relating to Karl Torok and a five page instructional poem selling you a washer-drier and dishwasher.

Williams, in Hugh Kenner's words the "truffle hound of American poetry", was a poet, publisher and finder and presenter of others' words. He co-founded the Jargon Society in 1951, with the goal of promoting obscure writers. His own work was characterised by found speech - similar to the 'found footage' of avant garde filmakers.