Catalog of the Collection

The CATALOG field identifies the group that produced the item:

CC = Communication Company
DP = Diggers
FC = Free City Collective
FPS = Free Print Shop
KF = Kaliflower
PD = Planet Drum [Foundation]
PE = Planetedge

HA = Misc Haight-Ashbury
MI = Misc Countercultural

The MEDIUM field identifies the type of material:

Broadside = one sheet printed on one side
Broadsheet = one sheet printed on both sides
Newspaper = either issue, a clipping, or partial issue
Folder = one sheet folded, thus two leaves [four pages] of printed material
Leaflet = two or more sheets stapled (or affixed) at one corner
Pamphlet = two or more sheets gathered into a single section, bound or unbound. The term also includes a one-sheet pamphlet: a single sheet cut and folded to produce a multi-page publication.
Booklet = two or more sheets, not in a section, bound on one edge
Book = two or more sections bound
Collection = identifiable set of materials held intact
Audio tape = oral history or other audio recording of an event
Video tape = video recording of an event
Digital = item existing in born-digital or digitized format
Manuscript = handwritten or typewritten document

Abbreviations

illus = illustrated
... = edited in transcription
[...] = ellipsis in the original text
r.s = reverse side
x = xerox (photocopy)
xx = photocopy of a photocopy
o = original
ComCo = item has the Communication Company imprint
SOLA = the collection which encompasses the Digger Archives
n.d. = no date
n.p. = no publishing imprint
r. = recto
v. = verso
Lt. = Letter size (8-1/2" x 11")
Lg. = Legal size (8-1/2" x 14")
Note: all dimensions given in inches (rule of origination)

One issue of the Free City News sheets, distributed in San Francisco, 1967-68.

Shown above is the "1% Free" poster that first appeared as wall sized posters in the Winter of 1968 and became a Digger trademark for the last cycle of street events. Various interpretations of the poster's cryptic symbology evolved. One interpretation which gained a certain infamy/popularity was that merchants and rock bands were expected to contribute 1% of their receipts to the Free City Bank to fund various activities such as the Free Food Distribution system.