Including Ephemera, Broadsides, Posters, Street Sheets, Collections, etc. for the
San Francisco Diggers, Communication Company, Free City Collective,
Kaliflower Intercommunal Network, Free Print Shop, Planetedge Manifestation,
Earth/Life Defense Commune, &c.
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Cat. No.: CC-108b Full record BibCit: 3/25/1967. Broadsheet. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SS-x(BL) | SOLA-x(SS). Abstract: Continued from other side.
Cat. No.: CC-123a Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 3/25/1967. Broadsheet. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SS-x(BL) | SOLA-x(SS). Abstract: Four announcements: "Recall the Mayor"; "The Cop Problem"; "War Crimes"; and one about Sunset Scavenger Assn. This sheet done by Lovable Ol' Doc Stanley. R.s.: cont'd.
Cat. No.: CC-141 Full record BibCit: 3/25/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SS-x(BL) | SOLA-x(SS). Abstract: With reprint of article by Doc Stanley, of same title, about Rock.
Cat. No.: CC-145 Full record BibCit: N.d., ca. 3/25/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: Illus. of a woman dancing.. Collection: SS-x(BL) | SOLA-o(DW). Abstract: Announces bail benefit for Mime Troupe on March 25, $2.50.
Cat. No.: CC-249A Full record BibCit: By Lovable Ol' Doc Stanley. 3/25/1967. Broadsheet. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: Com Co UPS. Collection: x-CSL. Abstract: Four diatribes against war criminals, Sunset Scavenger Assn., the Mayor of San Francisco, and the Cops. "Printed as a Public Service in the interest of Better Law Enforcement and Improved Police-Community Relations . . ."
Cat. No.: CC-249B Full record BibCit: By Stanley, Lovable Ol' Doc. 3/25/1967. Broadsheet. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: Com Co UPS. Collection: x-CSL. Abstract: Four diatribes against war criminals, Sunset Scavenger Assn., the Mayor of San Francisco, and the Cops. "Printed as a Public Service in the interest of Better Law Enforcement and Improved Police-Community Relations . . ."
Cat. No.: CC-114a Full record BibCit: 3/26/1967. Broadsheet. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SS-x(BL) | SOLA-x(SS). Abstract: Reprint of Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council "statement of concern regarding events of Easter Week." R.s.: cont'd.
Cat. No.: CC-114b Full record BibCit: 3/26/1967. Broadsheet. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: Illus w/ two hexagrams.. Collection: SS-x(BL) | SOLA-x(SS). Abstract: Cont'd from other side.
Cat. No.: CC-026 Full record BibCit: By Welch, Lew. 3/27/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: CC(UPS). Collation: 2/c:Bl/Re. Text is printed in black; two illus in red.. Collection: SOLA-xSS | SS-oL. Abstract: "When 200,000 folks...suddenly descend, as they will, on the haight-ashbury, the scene will be burnt down. .. Disperse. Gather into smaller tribes. .. The haight-ashbury is not where it's at--it's in your head and hands. Take it anywhere."
Note: Illuminated letter in red at top of page. Title begins with quote marks. Essay dated separately: 3/29/67.
Cat. No.: CC-109 Full record BibCit: 3/27/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: Illus. w/ illuminated letter "I" at top of page.. Collection: SS-x(BL) | SOLA-x(SS). Abstract: Tells of a woman's vision that the Hippies are re-born Amerindians.
Cat. No.: CC-119a Full record BibCit: 3/27/1967. Broadsheet. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SS-x(BL) | SOLA-x(SS). Abstract: Reprint of front page article from a SF newspaper. R.s.: cont'd.
Cat. No.: CC-119b Full record BibCit: 3/27/1967. Broadsheet. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collection: SS-x(BL) | SOLA-x(SS). Abstract: Reprint of newspaper article on expected invasion of hippies. With photos of Arthur Lisch, Father Harris, and Roy Ballard.
Cat. No.: CC-121 Full record BibCit: 3/27/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: Illus. w/ illuminated letter.. Collection: SS-x(BL) | SOLA-x(SS). Abstract: Illuminated letter (and imprint) is all on the page.
Cat. No.: CC-223 Full record BibCit: By Family Dog; San Francisco Oracle. 3/27/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: Com Co (UPS). Collation: Family Dog logo in upper left corner. Ye Pa.. Collection: SOLA-x(CSL).
Cat. No.: CC-238 Full record BibCit: 3/27/1967. Broadsheet. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: Com Co (UPS). Collection: SOLA-x(CSL).
Cat. No.: CC-111 Full record BibCit: 3/28/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: Illus. (see Notes).. Collection: SS-x(BL) | SOLA-x(SS).
Note: Illus. w/ graphic at top of page, and reprint of "Stop. Hey what's that sound" by Stephen Stills.
Cat. No.: CC-046 Full record BibCit: 3/31/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: CC (UPS). Collection: SOLA-oDW | SS-xB. Abstract: ".. IMATATIVE BULLSHIT | _WHY_?? DID YOU PAY | $3.50 FOR ALL THIS | BULLSHIT?? BORING | IMATATIVE BULLSHIT | REVOLT!!! | THE SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE, THE DIGGERS | THE COMMUNICATION COMPANY (UPS)"
Cat. No.: CC-208 Full record BibCit: 3/31/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: 2/c: Bk, Bl. Illus w/ blue sunflower petals in center of page.. Collection: SOLA-o(DW). Abstract: Announces clean-in, with message about cleanliness. Signed, "Diggers."
Cat. No.: CC-010 Full record BibCit: n.d., ca. 4/1/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Imprint: cC(ups). Collection: SOLA-oDW|SS-oL. Abstract: Reprint of EVO article (East Village Other) on the S.F. Mime Troupe bust in Calgary. Style of writing reveals intimate connection with the Troupe's politics & history. In ComCo handwriting: "The dirty bastards busted the Mime Troupe what do you care"
"The Troupe, formed in 1959 by Davis, has always been poor, but always on top of the changing times: The first Dance-Concerts and Light shows..were put on by the Troupe.. They spawned the Diggers, who set up an alternative to competitive game playing;.."
Note: Source of reprint: East Village Other, April 1, 1967, p. 14.
Cat. No.: CC-161a Full record BibCit: 4/1/1967. Broadside. Letter size. San Francisco: Communication Company. Collation: Note: two variants also, both of which duplicate this side.. Collection: SS-x(B) | SOLA-o(DW). Abstract: Ways to handle police violence.
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."
