Diaries of Petra Vogt, 2 volumes, 1973
- Containers:
- Box 1, Folder 3
- Extent:
- 1 folder(s)
- Scope and content:
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The small black diary has "Kwality" stamped on the cover, and the first entry begins on July 22, 1973, with approximately 133 pages of poems, with some celebrating births and deaths in the community. The volume includes detailed dated diary entries, including discussions of how Petra Vogt prepared for photography sessions, as well as collages that accompany writings, artworks, and small portions of an unidentified script. It also includes autograph writings by Ira Cohen in the beginning, as well as a lock of Petra Vogt's hair tied with purple thread (volume is numbered 8 in dealer description of notebooks).
The other volume is one thin diary with brown wrappers covering the period from September through November 1973, with a multi-page essay on "meta darkness" and the qualities and rights of the counterculture generation, hand-colored and inscribed back pages in purple ink, illustrations, and writings about or a prayer to Chandeen (item is numbered 6 in dealer description of notebooks).
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryUniversity of VirginiaP.O. Box 400110170 McCormick RdCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference StaffEmail: scpubserv@virginia.eduPhone: (434) 243-1776Fax: (434) 924-4968
- Parent restrictions:
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Most of the collection is open for research. The single exception is a bank book for an account owned by Petra Vogt.
The bank book belonging to Petra Vogt, 1977-1978, has been removed and restricted until her death. It has been placed in the control folder for this collection in a sealed envelope. The bank book is from the Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank (short form: Hypo-Bank).