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Angus and Hetty MacLise papers, 1950s-2010

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Series II: Hetty MacLise, 1950s-2010

Series II: Hetty MacLise includes writing, artwork, and correspondence produced by, and legal documents, ephemera, and photographs of or belonging to, Hetty MacLise. The series covers her early life in England and then on the hippie trail, the span of her relationship with Angus (and the couple's adventures in various countercultural scenes and movements), and the three decades by which she survived him. Some material relating to Angus' and Hetty's son, Ossian, can also be found in this series.

Subseries II.1: Writings, 1962-1994

This subseries comprises Hetty MacLise's writings, including manuscripts (poetry and prose), diaries, scrapbooks, notebooks, journals, and sketchbooks, which constitute both a record of her life and art and a prodigious project of self-documentation. These address periods of MacLise's life about which little has thus far been written––her childhood and adolescence in England, her travels in the 1950s and 1960s, and her return to Woodstock and eventually England in the late 1980s and early1990s where she remained until her death in 2011––as well as her intervening and better-documented time spent in New York, San Francisco, and Nepal. Many of the items are multimedia and comprise artwork, photographs, and ideas for various projects along with textual material, and the meticulously kept diaries, scrapbooks, and daybooks offer insight into her daily life.

Notebooks, Scrapbooks, Sketchbooks, Diaries


Box 14 Folder 1 Travel journal, undated

circa 50pp. travel journal. Beginning "Assasin…" Includes some poetry and drawings. Undated.

Box 14 Folder 1 Spiral-bound notebook

Includes poems, observations, and notes. With addresses in London and Andalusia, Spain, written on cover, and conversion rates between GB Sterling and Spanish Pesestas on reverse.

Box 14 Folder 1 Spiral-bound sketchbook, 1964

Featuring drawings on paper in ink and penicl. With "Hetty McGee September 1964" written on cover.

Box 14 Folder 1 Spiral-bound sketchbook

Rough drawings in ink of impressions and scenes from travels. On Spanish stationary.

Box 14 Folder 2 Notebook of early years in London. 25 pages, undated

Also includes what appears to be a handwritten "To Do" list.

Box 14 Folder 2 Autograph notebook entitled "In My End Is My Beginning" (addressing childhood and school). Swayambhu, Nepal, undated

Pictorial cover.

Box 14 Folder 2 Notebook/scrapbook made in Morocco and Spain, c.1962

Contains many vintage photographs, drawings, and clippings, as well as numerous annotations.

Box 14 Folder 3 Notebook/sketch pad, full of notes and drawings, inclusing "The Penguine Café Opera: Monsoon", undated

Includes separately printed information (3 pages) on Channel 32, the Woodstock public access television station, as well as several loose pages of handwritten notes.

Box 14 Folder 4 Diary, Pondicherry 1972

Box 14 Folder 4 Diary, 1973

Box 14 Folder 4 Diary, 1974

Box 14 Folder 4 Luxe Diary, 1987

Box 14 Folder 4 Luxe Diary, 1988

Box 14 Folder 4 Diary, 1988

Box 14 Folder 4 Nepal Table Diary, 1989

Box 14 Folder 4 Diary, 1989

Box 14 Folder 4 Desk Diary, 1990

Box 14 Folder 4 Rigpa Tibetan Calendar [1], 1989-90

Box 14 Folder 4 Rigpa Tibetan Calendar [2], 1993-94

Box 14 Folder 4 Rigpa Tibetan Calendar [3], 1993-94

Holographic Manuscripts


Box 15 Folder 1 Autograph notebook entitled The Saga of The Ka-Wangs or Kargyu Ngakdzo . Kathmandu, Nepal, February-March1976, February-March1976

Sewn rice paper notebook, 42 p., completed in ms. on recto & verso of every page. Personal journal.

Box 15 Folder 1 Manuscript poem beginning "I have been a yew berry ripe with death", undated

Holographic ms. on 1 leaf of lined notebook paper, 7.5" x 6".

Box 15 Folder 1 Manuscript poem beginning "Alarm bells ringing". [Undated ]

Holographic ms. on 1 leaf, 10" x 8".

Box 15 Folder 1 "Suspended in Crystal with Dylan" [Undated ]

Holographic ms. poem, 1 p., 7.5" x 6".

Box 15 Folder 1 "Les quatre temps cardinaux" [Undated ] Transcription of poem in original French by René Daumal, in hand of HM.

Photocopy of holographic ms. poem, 1 p., 6" x 8.25".

Box 15 Folder 1 "For the New Magazine" [Undated ]

Ms. text on 3 leaves of rice paper, 11" x 8.675". Red ink on rice paper. Third leaf r/v, the rest single-sided.

Box 15 Folder 1 Manuscript poem beginning "The poet is done to death". [Undated ]

Holographic ms. on one leaf, 8.675" x 7

Box 15 Folder 1 "Northern Buddhism", undated

1 leaf, 2 p. Holographic ms. in pencil and ink on ruled notepad paper.

Box 15 Folder 1 Poem beginning "Marvel/how beauty outside". Dordogne, France, June 27, 1978

Holographic ms. poem on aerogramme addressed in ms. to Angus MacLise on verso.

Box 15 Folder 1 Poem beginning "The day I came out of prison", dedicated to Ira Cohen

Holographic ms. on 1 leaf. Signed "with love, Hetty." Original mailing envelope enclosed

Box 15 Folder 1 "The great red dubble dekker bus debacle"

Holograph ms. text (6 p.) on 3 leaves of lined notebook paper, 9" x 7.125". Pages numbered 155-160.

Box 15 Folder 2 Notes on Dharma practice, undated, undated

Also four pages of notes (shopping lists and phone numbers).

Children's Books

Box 15 Folder 3 "Land of Pookay" (39 pages), Swayambhu, Nepal, undated

Box 15 Folder 3 "This Story is a Surprise" (40 pages), 1988

Children's book. Includes a rejection letter from Shambhala Publications..

Subseries II.2: Artwork, 1950s-2007

This subseries consists of works on paper––illustrations, paintings, collages, etchings and drawings––created by Hetty MacLise dating from her time at art school in London in the 1950s through the late 2000s, charting the development of her style across different media and in different locales during that period. The subseries also includes a handful of works by others, including children; these are clearly noted.

Box 15 Folder 4 Sketch in pencil of a horse, undated

Early work/ sketch.

Box 15 Folder 4 Etching portrait of a man, undated

Early work/ sketch.

Box 15 Folder 4 Etching potrait of a woman, undated

Early work/ sketch.

Box 15 Folder 4 Sketch in ink of a domestic scene, cartoon/comic strip., undated

Early work/ sketch.

Box 15 Folder 5 Sketch of Angus MacLise] [Undated ]

Marker on lined notebook paper, 6" x 3.5".

Box 15 Folder 5 "The Agony in the Garden", 2003

Hand-colored print, 11.5" x 10.5". Artist's proof of skull-headed figure seated upon flame-breathing horse emerging from cloud; outstretched female figure above holding onto long thin branch as if blown by strong wind. Holographic ms. title and signature on recto; inscription to Ira Cohen on verso.

Box 15 Folder 5 "Albion's New Jerusalem", 2003

Color photocopy of original drawing and ms. poem, 11.5" x 8.5".

Box 15 Folder 5 "For Ira and Family" Four untitled artworks with poem, 2008

Previously within 7" x 11" manila Royal Mail envelope. Contains: 1. "Autumnal Equinox." [2007] 1 leaf, 1 p. Photocopy of holograph ms. 2. Autograph letter signed to "Dearest family of Cohens." Color photocopy of "dingdong" artwork on verso with holograph signature and 2006 date. 3. "For Ira." 5.65" x 7.5" color print of angel in black ink, blue and red colors within art paper matte border; chop marks, holographic signature of HM, date "'08." Protective rice paper surrounding torn away. 4. "For Raphael." 5.65" x 6" circular color print of "dingdong" in black, green, blue etc. inks within art paper matte border. Chop marks, holographic signature of HM, ''08", Protective rice paper present. 5. "For Lakhmi." 6.25" x 6.5" circular color print of Santa Clauses in pink, black, red inks within art paper matte border. Chop marks, holographic signature of HM, "'08." Protective rice paper present.

Box 15 Folder 5 "Star Streams", undated

Ms. drawing on 3" x 7.75" tracing paper, mounted on 4.75" x 11" paper. With ms. inscription on mounting sheet: "Many good wishes from past present and future from Hetty."

Box 15 Folder 5 "It Is Yule Tide", 2007

Hand-colored print, 7.5" x 9.25. Holographic ms. message underneath in green and blue pencil: "eat drink play games and jokes/remember the trees be happy/for t'is the birth of Sun King." Signed in pencil "Hetty '07."

Box 15 Folder 5 "Tsunami '04", 2005

Color print, 11.25" x 7.5". Holographic ms. title & signature along lower border: "Artist proof / Tsunami '04. Hetty 05." With ms. inscription on verso: "This wood bird year will be good for you. Darling Ira. Happy 70th year -- Well done indeed…"

Box 15 Folder 5 "The Gold Curtain: A Special for Ira on his birthday"

Print, 11.25" x 7.5". Nude woman from left side profile looking into hand mirror. Image overlaid with golden fibers. With holographic ms. title and signature on recto.

Box 15 Folder 5 [Untitled print], 2004

Print, 6.25" x 4". Signed and numbered, no. 9/25. Image of monkey with Nepali writing. WITH: original mailing envelope addressed to Ira Cohen, addressed in ms. with a sketch on the verso.

Box 15 Folder 5 Color photograph of painting entitled "Allegory of the Present" [Undated ]

4.875" x 3.75" color print.

Box 15 Folder 5 "Black Butterfly" Artist's proof, 2003

Print, 11.25" x 11.15". Hand-colored print of man and butterfly, with poem beginning "Psyche, the Soul." Holographic ms. in pencil on bottom border in the hand of Hetty MacLise: "artist's proof/Black Butterfly/Hetty 03."

Box 15 Folder 5 "Very first etching. ever"

Removed from Hetty MacLise, Diary, 1989

Artwork (Oversize)


Box 22 Folder 5 x5 ink drawings of Venice

19.5" x 14.5". Removed from a pad.

Box 22 Folder 5 Pad containing approx. 30 artworks in a variety of media and styles.

19.5" x14.5". Includes work in watercolour, pastel, charcoal, ink and pencil, and both in colour and monochrome.

Box 22 Folder 5 Unidentified artist, 2 smaller artworks.

15" x 10". One depicts a Japanese scene, hand coloured; the other is of an abstract design.

Box 22 Folder 5 x3 studies/drawings of a male nude model

Likely from a life drawing class.


Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Watercolour of coastal scene/cove. .

12" x 7.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Pencil sketch of building appearing through trees

20" x 14"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 "Home in a Strange Land".

14" x 10". Marker on card.

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Charcoal drawing of a black cat.

19.5" x 16.5".

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Small oil painting of rain clouds.

9" x 6".

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Watercolour of a man's face

12" x 9.5". With sketches of eyes on the reverse.

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Painting of a tropical scene

18" x 12"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Painting of a woman seated at a table

20" x 12.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Line drawing of bust, figure depicted wearing a hat.

20" x 18.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Unidentified artist (a child, likely Jason McGee), watercolour

15.5" x 8"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Watercolour of an icon/ saint

20" x 16"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 McGee, Jason. "A Redd Lundon Dubbledekker Buss", crayon, 1962

19" x 13"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Line drawing in ink of two seated figures.

11" x 8"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 [Alex], "Safe Landing in Churriana" child's drawing in crayon

11" x 8"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Numbered print of artwork depicting woman seated at a window. (signed M. Scholten)

19.5" x 13.5". Numbered 1/25.

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Print of artwork showing clowns or mimes at a circus.

22" x 16".

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Line drawing in ink of prostrate nude figure reading.

23.5" x 15.5".

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Pastel drawing in autumnal colours, of castle or fort and tress

20" x 16"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Etching showing towers in distance with human figures in the foreground.

14" x 10".

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Torn page from magazine feature on Udaipur, with printed reproduction of Indian art on the reverse

13" x 10"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Unidentified Arabic textual artwork

13.5" x 11"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Folder containing "cut out" decorations, as for a child's party or celebration

15" x 19"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 x2 printed reproductions of Italianate art, mounted on card.

20" x 15"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 x7 pastel drawings, primarily stylized portraits.

20" x 16"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 Drawing of a horned figure. Signed "for Hunter… luv Hetty, 1964-65", 1964-5

21" x 14". With drawing of a woman's face on reverse.

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 x3 floral/ brightly coloured illustrations on tracing paper

18" x 12.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-3 x2 line drawings/ illustrations

18" x 14.5". One depicting a man in military uniform; the other a baldheaded man between two vases.

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-4 [Amy], geometric colourful abstract design. Signed "from Amy to Heti"

20" x 16"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-4 x9 children's artworks, primarily Jason McGee, early 1960s

20" x 16"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-4 Sepia-toned watercolour

20" x 16"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-4 Pastel drawing in pink and blue of city on a hill.

25" x 19"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-4 Sepia-toned artwork of woman and baby, possibly self-portrait (of Hetty and Jason)

25" x 19"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-4 5 original etchings: "Alan Cheals Way/Hampstead/London, 2006, 3/35"; Atrata, 2003, 3/25"; "Untitled, 2006, 2/25"; "Untitled(The Agony in the Garden), 2003, 4/25"; "A Classical Landscape, 2006, 1/25"

In hand-made cardstock folder, inscribed "for Shiv/with/love/from Hetty".

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Untitled painting, 1967

Paint & ink on paper, 17.875" x 23.675". With inscription on verso: "For Wayne / San Francisco 67 / [illegible, possibly "Moshi Hair"] / with love from Hetty."

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 "Brain Damage in Oklahoma City" benefit poster, designed by Hetty MacLise

Poster for event/ performance held to raise funds for Hetty and Angus' legal defense. Inscribed to Ira Cohen by "Bob".

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Self-portrait in dark charcoal. Signed "AMY my love, Hetty"

25.5" x 19.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Line drawing/ illustration of baby crawling.

20" x 16"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Watercolour of unidentified man

26" x 19.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Pencil and charcoal drawing of man playing guitar

25" x 19.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Charcoal drawing of a woman in half-profile

29" x 20.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Charcoal drawing of a man

18.5" x 15"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Dertailed charcoal drawing of a man

24.5" x 18.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Charcoal drawing of an infant

24.5" x 18.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 x 3 pencil drawings of a young girl

24.5" x 18.5". One of young girl wearing bonnet.

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Line drawing/ illustration of a couple embracing

20" x 13". Signed "MS." [i.e. Mary Scholten]

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 x 2 line drawings/ illustrations of a nude male figure

26" x 19.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 x 3 line drawings in pencil

26" x 19.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Unidentified artist, pastel of pastoral landscape

16" x 10"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Sketch or plan for drawing of an old city

12.5" x 8.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Line drawing in marker of female face in profile

19.5" x 15.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Sketch or study in pencil of courtyard.

20" x 14"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 x 2 illustrations of a man playing saxophone

18" x 15"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Unidentified artist, likely a child. Abstract dark print design

17.5" x 14.5". Illustration of a cat on the reverse, accompanied by text reading: "full of shit I am nowadays"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 x 2 drawings of jesters.

19.5" x 15.5".

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Portrait of a man, with background of abstract gemoetric design in blue and red.

24.5" x 18.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Pastel drawing in blue, yellow and green with trees in foreground and a body of water in the background

19" x 26"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Etching of a winter scene: a house covered in snow and a woman

17" x 14.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Charcoal drawing of a woman

24.6" x 18.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Charcoal drawing of a house

24.6" x 18.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Line drawing/ illustration in pen of a woman holding a baby and riding a cow

20" x 15.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 x5 illustrative portraits in pen of male figures

18.5" x 14.5". Identities of subjects seemingly denoted or implied by initials.

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Charcoal drawing of a landscape on dark grey paper

17.5" x 13"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Charcoal drawing of a seated woman

29" x 20.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 McGee, Jason. Crayon drawing

20" x 16"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 [Beer, Richard]/"Dick". Print of artwork depicting a cat. Signed to Jason McGee from both "Dick" and "R. Beer"

23" x 18"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Colourful artwork depicting a big or wild cat on tracing paper. Signed "R. Davis"

19" x 14.5"

Box 14-N-4 Folder M-C-5 Illustration depicting the running of the bulls, on pink glossy paper (possibly wrapping paper or similar)

26.5 x 20"

Subseries II.3: Photographs, 1930s-2010

The photographs subseries includes photographs taken by and of Hetty MacLise from throughout her life, both of the more informal snapshot––with family and friends, on her travels––and posed or artistic varieties, including several by Ira Cohen.


Box 15 Folder 6 [Unidentified photographer, possibly Hetty MacLise]. Kodachrome slides of Nepali scenes and people, 1970s and early 1980s

Eight color slides, each 2" x 2" in plastic slide preserver three-hole album page.

Box 15 Folder 6 [Unidentified photographer, possibly Hetty MacLise]. Kodachrome slides of artwork by Hetty MacLise etc, undated

Twenty color slides, each 2" x 2" in plastic slide preserver three-hole album page.

Box 15 Folder 6 [Unidentified photographer]. Kodachrome slides of Nepali scenes and people, circa 1975-78]

2" x 2". Nine slides in small plastic bag marked, in red ink "[___] 75."

Box 15 Folder 6 [Unidentified photographer]. "Robert Hetty Angus Unknown, Playing in Bersing's garden August 1975" [N.p.,] 1975

3.5" x 5.45" b&w photo print, with Holographic ms. title on verso in the hand of Hetty MacLise.

Box 15 Folder 6 [Unidentified photographer]. [Hetty MacLise] [Undated, print made circa 2010-2011]

8.25" x 10.25" b&w photocopy. Print title in lower border: "This DREAMWEAPON is dedicated to Hetty MacLise in loving memory."

Box 15 Folder 6 [Cohen, Ira]. [Mylar shot of Hetty MacLise] [Undated /print circa 2010]

5" x 7" color inkjet print. HM with facial makeup, green patterned shawl/robe.

Box 15 Folder 6 [Cohen, Ira]. [Untitled photograph of Angus and Hetty MacLise] [Undated /print circa 2010]

7" x 5" color print. Both are pictured in decorative costume and body paint.

Box 15 Folder 6 [Cohen, Ira]. [Untitled photograph of Angus and Hetty MacLise] [Undated /print circa 2010]

8.5" x 11" color print. Both are pictured in decorative costume and body paint.

Box 15 Folder 6 [Cohen, Ira]. Untitled photograph of Hetty MacLise at the funeral of Angus MacLise., June/July, 1979

Black & white photo print, 11" x 14". [Will Swofford Cameron states that MacLise was burned at Swayambhunath, one of 8 sacred funerary sites in the Tibetan/Nepali Buddhist tradition. He was honored as the father of a Tulku.]

Box 15 Folder 7 Cohen, Ira. Photographs (30) of the MacLise family, friends and associates, 1970s and early 1980s

Box 15 Folder 8 Photographs (30) of the MacLise family, friends and associates, early 1980s

Box 15 Folder 9 Photographs (32) of the MacLise family, friends, and associates; various sizes both black-and-white and color, circa 1970s and early 1980s

Box 15 Folder 10 Photographs (50) of the MacLise family with assorted Lamas and expatriates, mostly in Nepal, many with annotations on verso by Hetty MacLise, 1980s

Of special note are a number of photographs of OKM taken by Ira Cohen, including a portrait of the infant OKM, and a striking photography of Ira Cohen with a hawk taken by OKM. There is a photograph of the legendary reclusive yogi Chatral Rinpoche, as well as other Dozgchens, and photographs of Angus MacLise with Gerard Malanga, Petra Vogt, Cohen et al.

Box 15 Folder 10 [Unidentified photographer]. Four photographs: one black-and-white image of Tibetan lama; one black-and-white image of Hetty MacLise in costume, labeled on back "OKM"; two color photographs of a children's party, undated


Box 16 Folder 1-9 Photographs of early life (1930s and 1940s), and travels in the 1950s and early 1960s, circa 1930s-1964

400+ photographs documenting Hetty MacLise's early life, her travels in the 1950s and early 1960s, and some of her activities (as well as those of her friends and family) in the years before she moved to the United States. Includes contact sheets and a folder of negatives.

Subseries II.4: Correspondence, 1957-2007

Correspondence comprises handwritten, typed and computer-printed letters, notes, and postcards on a variety of topics and to and from a number of individuals. Many are undated and few are signed with surnames; some also contain poems or lyrics. As well as letters to family (her mother, and Angus, Clare and Ossian MacLise), Ira Cohen, and other shared friends from that part of her life, the subseries contains letters of Hetty's from before she met Angus––including from her second husband Thomas McGee, the Hispanist Gerald Brennan, artist Michael Wishart, and aristocrat Timothy Gilbert Willoughby––and from long after Angus' death with an assortment of friends, relatives, and artistic allies, including Shiv Mirabato. The materials are organized by correspondent.

Early Life


Box 17 Folder 1 Brennan, Gerald

Two folders of extensive correspondence, primarily autograph mss. Includes some poems and ephemera. Removed from black portfolio.

Box 17 Folder 2 "Al", [possibly Thomas McGee]

Holographic ms. Addressed to HM. Includes poem/lyrics.

Box 17 Folder 3 [Davis], Bill.

Typescript letter.

Box 17 Folder 3 John

16pp. autograph letter.

Box 17 Folder 3 McGee, Thomas ("Tom") and Jason McGee, 1957-1959

Includes some correspondence from HM to Tom and their infant son, Jason, as well as cards and artwork made by Jason for his parents.

Box 17 Folder 3 [Meeski], Harold, 1960

4pp. autograph letter signed to HM.

Box 17 Folder 4 Willoughby, Timothy (Timothy Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, Lord Willoughby)

Approx. 11 typed and autograph letters, including one from estate lawyers following his death.

Box 17 Folder 4 Wishart, Michael

Approx. 4 postcards and 4 autograph letters of various lengths.

Box 17 Folder 4 Other assoted and unidentified correspondents from Hetty MacLise's earlier life.

Including greetings cards from neighbours, "Mose" (from Prison Civile de Rabat in Morocco), Stan (referenced in other letters), Daphne, Sophie, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, Claire, St George's Gallery, and others.

Angus MacLise

Box 17 Folder 5 "An unspoken prayer expressing all my hopes for our future", undated

1 leaf, 2 p. Holographic ms. in pencil and ink on ruled notepad paper.

Box 17 Folder 5 Autograph letter signed to "Brugh" [i.e. Angus MacLise]. Dordogne, France, /010/[no year]

Ms. letter on aerogramme, r/v, addressed in ms. to Angus MacLise on verso.

Box 17 Folder 5 Autograph letter signed to Angus MacLise. Dordogne, France, February28, 1976, undated

4 p. on 2 leaves of white paper.

Box 17 Folder 5 Autograph letter signed to Angus [MacLise]. St. Marcellin, France,

Ms. letter on aerogramme, r/v, addressed in ms. to Angus MacLise on verso

Box 17 Folder 5 Autograph letter signed to Angus MacLise. Dordogne, France, March22, [1976]

Ms. letter, 6 p. on 3 leaves of lined notebook paper.

Box 17 Folder 5 Autograph letter signed to "Og" [i.e. Angus MacLise]. Amsterdam, September 4, 1978

Box 17 Folder 5 Autograph letter signed to Angus MacLise. Dordogne, France, July 12, 1978

Box 17 Folder 5 Autograph letter signed to Angus MacLise. Amsterdam, August 13, 1978

1 leaf, 2 p. Holographic ms. on exterior of small envelope. "My darling, Happy Birthday/ I have nothing else of value to give you for your birthday except my undying love." With sealing wax stamp on verso.

Box 17 Folder 5 Autograph letter signed to Angus MacLise. March14, [no year]

Box 17 Folder 5 Autograph letter signed to Angus MacLise. Dordogne, March7, 1978

1 leaf, 1 p. Holographic ms. on postcard, personal updates. B & W print of person with goat on recto.

Box 17 Folder 5 Autograph letter signed to Angus MacLise. France, April 18, 1978

Box 17 Folder 5 Autograph letter signed to Angus MacLise. Kathmandu, Nepal, August 23, 1976

Holographic ms. on rice paper folded once, woodblock of swan by "Sidney." 1 leaf, folded to 4 p. Discussing health of "Sachu."

Box 17 Folder 5 Autograph letter signed to Angus "of the Brugh"[MacLise]. [Undated ]

1 leaf, 2 p., with original mailing envelope. Holographic ms. in black ink on Ambasciata D'Italia letterhead.

Box 17 Folder 5 Autograph letter signed to Angus MacLise. Kathmandu, Nepal. August 20, 1976

Holographic ms. on 2 leaves of 14.75" x 9.25" rice paper, 2 p. With original mailing envelope. "…I think you have made a mistake in going to America."

Ira Cohen

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. Kathmandu, July 23, 1995

Holographic ms. on 12.75" x 9.85" rice paper. 1 leaf, 2 p. (r/v).

Box 17 Folder 6 "For Ira" Woodstock, NY, April 7, 1993. 1 leaf, 2 p. + addressed envelope

Holographic ms. poem on aerogramme addressed in ms. to Angus MacLise on verso.

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. November 16, 1980

Ms. letter, 4 p. on 2 leaves of lined notebook paper.

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. Kathmandu, May 22, 1995

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. November 22, 1977

1 leaf, 1 p. Holographic ms. on card with illustration of Winnie the Pooh. "one thing I do not/wonder about -- ever--/is that you had a /saintly -- good and lovely / Mother and I remember her/ with love."

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. Woodstock, NY, March8, 1994

1 leaf, 2 p. Photocopied illustration of Nepalese dancers on recto with holographic ms."for dearest Ira/ with love from Hetty." Untitled poem beginning "The hunters did not shoot the white deer" on the verso.

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. Woodstock, NY, November 11, 1994

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. Goa, India. January 15, 2000

1 leaf, 1 p. on postcard. Holographic ms., personal updates. "Nepal was, if anything, dirtier and more congested than ever but still clings precariously to some of its old charm."

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. London, September 4, 2000

2 leaves, 3 p. on stationery. Holographic ms. with stamps etc., third page "A Poem by Hetty." Dated January 2003. With original mailing envelope.

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. London, "Full Moon in May " 2003

1 leaf, 2 p. Holographic ms. on paper with reproduction of photo of Tibetan Terrier and information regarding in upper right corner. Discussion of new plan launched by "old bewhiskered oraclecists."

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. London, November 11, 2004

1 leaf, 1 p. Holographic ms. on Christmas card. Original envelope.

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. London, December 10, 2007

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. London, January 14, 2004, undated

1 leaf, 1 p. Holographic ms. on paper with printed drawing of elephant, upper right. Discussing William Blake.

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. London, undated

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. London,

1 leaf, 2 p. Holographic ms. on Christmas card. With original mailing envelope.

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. London, December 11, 2001, undated

Box 17 Folder 6 MacLise, Hetty and Ossian MacLise. Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen, undated

1 leaf, 1 p. Holographic ms. on verso of postcard, 'Rainbow Body Padmasambhav." Original envelope bears rubber stamps in red ink.

Box 17 Folder 6 MacLise, Hetty and Ossian MacLise. Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen

Box 17 Folder 6 MacLise, Hetty and Ossian MacLise. Autograph postcard signed to Ira Cohen. Woodstock, NY, October 4, 1991

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. Kathmandu, December 11, 1983

Holographic ms. on ruled paper with printed floral illustrations. Discussing political situation in Nepal, Communists replaced after six months. With original mailing envelope.

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. Kathmandu, September 25, 1996. 2 leaves, 4 p. (r/v)

1 leaf, 2 p. (r/v). Regarding the recent death of Allen Ginsberg, "morning someone phones me about Bill (Burrows[sic] not Barker) I have not confirmed this yet." With original mailing envelope.

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. London/Nepal, August 2 1997. (Mailed from Nepal)

2 leaves, 4 p. (r/v). Holographic ms. on blue paper. Discusses move from Nepal to London, how dreadful the former has become and how she plans to never return. Small drawing of naked girl in upper right corner of first page. With original mailing envelope.

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. London, November 7, 1997

Holographic ms. on verso of 6" x 4" postcard with b&w photo entitled "Himalayan Pilgrim" by Brian Beresford. Marked "Returned to Sender."

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph postcard signed to Ira Cohen. London, 1998. 1 leaf, 1 p

1 leaf, 1 p. Holographic ms. on verso of photocopied flier designed by HM for theatrical presentation, "The Warp." Personal updates on her attempts to return to the US. Enclosure: 3.65" x 8' fold-out blue card for "The Warp," dates of presentation at The Off Stage, 37 Chalk Farm Rd., Camden Town, London. "24 hours of mind-blowing theater" directed by Ken Campbell. With original mailing envelope.

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. London, February25, 1999

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph postcard signed to Ira Cohen. London, April 1, 2005

Box 17 Folder 6 MacLise, Hetty and Ossian MacLise. Autograph postcard signed to Ira Cohen. [India], August 7, 1980

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph postcard signed to Ira Cohen. [Nepal], December [1996]

1 leaf, 1 p. Holographic ms. on verso of postcard of The Potala, Lhasa, Tibet. Updates on attempts to return to US. Reference in text to inclusion of flier for "The Warp," not found in envelope or separately. With original large tan mailing envelope.

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. London, May 20, 1999, undated

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. [London, undated, ca 2004], undated

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. [London, undated ]

( 1 leaf, 2 p. (r/v). 8.25" x 3.25" strip of white paper w/illustration of face of the Buddha at top of recto. Holographic ms., personal updates. "Here is a print of my first etching in 33 years." Print not present.)

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. London, May [1, no year]

1 leaf, 1 p. Holographic ms. on photocopy paper. Illustration of trees in green wash and pen in upper right corner. Enclosure: 4.25" x 4.35" glossy photo of artwork (by/of) Hetty MacLise, fading holographic signature and date. Original envelope.

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. London, March 20, 2004, undated

1 leaf, 1 p. Holographic ms. Illustration of Tibetan Terrier in upper right corner. "Having arrived at a ripe old age I have come to the conclusion that a circle is a figure with no corners and only one side."

Box 17 Folder 6 Autograph letter signed to Ira Cohen. London, undated

1 leaf, 2 p. on decorative notecard. Discussing move from the south to "the eternal hills," new surroundings, birthday wishes.

Others

Box 17 Folder 7 Autograph letter signed to "Darling Mummy"). [Nepal, undated ]

Box 17 Folder 7 Autograph letter signed to "Darling Norvy" [1993]

1 leaf, folded to 4 p. With calligraphy by Hetty MacLise.

Box 17 Folder 8 Letters and cards (22) to Shiv Mirabato, 1995-2007

With envelopes, drawings, and artwork. Includes 15 photocopies of Mirabito's letters and emails to Hetty MacLise, as well as one origilan postcard, along with photocopies of several news articles and online pieces.

Box 17 Folder 9 Letters to Shiv Mirabato. Includes artwork and poems., 2003-2005

"Tsunami 04", 2005; "Atrata", 2003 ; "Agony in the Garden Iraq", 2003; "Who Was Eurydice", 2004Signed by the artist and sent to Shiv Mirabato, with photocopies of 10 Hetty poems and a letter to Mirabato.

Box 17 Folder 10 MacLise, Clare. Two letters to Hetty MacLise. Turkey, 1988

Removed from Hetty MacLise, Diary, 1989.

Box 17 Folder 11 MacLise, Ossian. Five letters to Hetty MacLise, 1988/89

Removed from Hetty MacLise , Diary, 1989

Subseries II.5: Legal Documents, 1950s-1994

The legal documents subseries divides into two categories: First, legal and personal documents directly related to Hetty MacLise from before she met Angus (when her names were Mary Scholten, Mary Burton, Mary McGee and Hetty McGee), including marriage and divorce certificates, her heavily-stamped passport, as well as other documents primarily related to Thomas McGee––her second husband––and his family. And second, later legal documents and correspondence that relates to tax, immigration and citizenship matters for Hetty and Ossian, which includes copies of affidavits, warrants, and other court documents relating to her (along with Angus' and Loudon Wainwright III's) 1968 arrest and trial in Oklahoma City on charges of marijuana possession.

Box 17 Folder 12 Passport (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) issued to Mrs Mary Catherine Burton, 1950s

Contains ca.100 stamps and visas, providing a record of HM's travels between 1956 and 1961.

Box 17 Folder 12 Certificate of divorce, Mary Catherine Henrietta Burton née Scholten (Hetty MacLise) and Peter Colin Burton, 1957

Reason given that respondent "treated Petitioner with cruelty." Includes cigarette burn through "Burton" next to HM's name.

Box 17 Folder 12 Letters from Veterans Administration Benefits Office to HM regarding Thomas McGee and Jason McGee, 1959-1960

5 typed lettes concerning whereabouts, illness, benefits, and citizenship.

Box 17 Folder 12 McGee, Thomas. Various legal and professional documents relating to Tom and his extended family

Box 17 Folder 13 Letters and other documentation relating to HM's petition for a United States green card, and 1968 Oklahoma City arrest

Includes: Three sets of papers issued by the Civil Court of New York; 2 letters to the law firm of Wormer, Kiely, Galef, and Jacobs (one typewritten, the other a photocopy of a handwritten letter); one handwritten note from the New York State Division of Parole; one affidavit by HM (here named Mary Catherine McGee); one application to theU.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, not filled in; one set of 1994 New York State resident taxforms, not filled in; one set of photocopies realting to a 1968 arrest in Oklahoma (66 pages).

Subseries II.6: Ephemera, 1950s-2010

The ephemera subseries includes advertisements, fliers, postcards, clippings, and other printed ephemera that document Hetty's and her circle's activities in downtown New York, the Bay Area, Nepal, and later Woodstock and London.


Box 18 Folder 1 Gallery cards x3

Invitations to exhibitions featuring Hetty's work at galleries in Toremolinos and Tangiers.

Box 18 Folder 1 Blank postcards and clippings, collected on travels in 1950s and 60s.

circa 40 items.

Box 18 Folder 2 [MacLise, Hetty]. "An Invitation for you" Invitation to "A celebration in honour of the three Magi" at St. Marks Church in the Bowerie, January 6, [1970]

Box 18 Folder 2 MacLise, Hetty. Flier for auction of Hetty MacLise's paintings at the Peace Eye Bookstore, September 6, [1968]. [New York], 1968

Box 18 Folder 2 The East Village Other, vol.5, no. 34 (July 21, 1970). Includes illustrations by Hetty MacLise

Including review on p.12 by Don Snyder of Living Theater film,Paradise Now. Peter Leggieri, ed.

Box 18 Folder 3 Eye Magazine article on "Alice's Restaurant" with HM photograph, pages 32-37, 1969-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Box 18 Folder 3 Rolling Stone Magazine article by P.J. O'Rourke, "LSD: Let the Sixties Die"

With a large photo of HM, September 24, 1987, 4 pages. Enclosed in a plastic coated office file folder on which HM has written "WILL/Mss of so Much the Better/Poems/Z Ting Pa./Swayambhu notes + maps/London/Clandisine life/Lenny/Daddy's Death/Benton End". (Bound with Stanley Booth article on the Rolling Stones, "Absolute Dirt," from the same issue.

Box 18 Folder 3 Cavafy, Constantine P. Portrait photograph and three postcards

Box 18 Folder 3 [Brochures] "Joyful Perseverance" by Hetty MacLise

Box 18 Folder 3 Three posters for Hetty's farewell to Woodstock party (on blue paper stock), as well as the original maquette and poster printing template (on white papers stock). ]

Marker on lined notebook paper, 6" x 3.5".

Box 18 Folder 3 Woodstock Times review (on pages 10 & 11) of "Radio 3/Media Shamans," by Angus LacLise, Ira Cohen, and Gerard Malanga, January 16, 1992

6 gallery brochures noting her style, technique, and the meanings of 9 specific paintings for a show, 8.5" x 11". Includes business card for Christine Daniels.

Box 18 Folder 3 Kashi Ma. Greetings cards/ invitations to Hetty MacLise and OKM, 1993/94

With 2 photographs included.

Box 18 Folder 3 [Unidentified artist] Silkscreen print of a monkey on heavy paper, undated

Printed at lower right is what appears to be a name: "...PONL..."; inscribed on verso: "With All the/BEST/Wishes/..."

Box 18 Folder 3 Unused First Fidelity checkbook, assigned to Mary Catherine McGee of 12 Tinker Street, 3 Woodstock, NY

Box 18 Folder 4 Tibetan practice texts: Vairochana, Vajradhara, Guru Yoga, undated

Used by Hetty MacLise.

Box 18 Folder 5 Other miscellania (bill forms, business cards, invitations)

Removed from Hetty MacLise, Diary, 1989

Subseries II.7: Ossian MacLise, 1971-2006

This subseries consists of material primarily related to Ossian MacLise but not (directly) either of his parents. This includes correspondence, drawings, photographs, and news coverage of the story of Ossian's becoming a Tulku. Researchers will find further correspondence and photographs involving Ossian but also Angus and/or Hetty MacLise in the relevant subseries.

Box 18 Folder 6 Amery, Diane. "Boston teenager is holy reincarnation" [London] Daily Sun, August 6 1985. 11" x 8.5"

B&w photocopy of article on Ossian MacLise.

Box 18 Folder 6 Chacko, Arun. "American Teen Is A Buddhist Saint" Clipping from National Enquirer, January 3, 1984

Article on Ossian MacLise. (2 copies)

Box 18 Folder 6 [MacLise, Ossian] [Untitled drawing]

Pencil and paint on cardstock, 5.25" x 6". An outer space scene.

Box 18 Folder 6 [Unidentified photographer]. [Ossian MacLise], undated

7" x 5" b&w photo print. Ossian MacLise holding a vajra.

Box 18 Folder 7 [Unidentified photographer]. "Ossian Rimpoche MacLise, Kathmandu, March 1982" Kathmandu, 1982

7" x 5" color photo print. Ossian MacLise playing a sitar. With ms. title and illegible signature on verso.

Box 18 Folder 7 Photograph (8 x 10) of OKM with King Mahendra of Nepal

In blue enclosure.

Box 18 Folder 7 [Unidentified photographer]. [Ossian MacLise], undated

Removed from Hetty MacLise Disry, 1989.

Box 18 Folder 7 Shiv Mirabato letters to Ossian MacLise and Julia Lawless

Includes three printed letters and emails; a print of an online order by Julia Lawless for Tibetan incense; a cuspomer copy of a USPS Customs Declaration form for shipping of incense to London; a January 3, 1984 article on Ossian MacLise in theNational Enquirer

Box 18 Folder 7 MacLise, Clare. Memo to Ossian

Removed from Hetty MacLise, Diary, 1989.

Box 18 Folder 1 MacLise, Ossian. Autograph postcard signed to Ira Cohen. Kathmandu, /010/21, 1997

1 leaf, 1 p. Holographic ms. in blue ink on verso of postcard bearing Indian mythological figure on recto.

Box 18 Folder 7 "Ossian: American Boy, Tibetan Monk", undated

BASF VHS video cassette tape in black plastic clamshell box.

Subseries II.8: Published Interviews


Box 15 Folder 11 Bananafish no. 17

Includes the first of a two-part interview with Hetty MacLise, who recounts how she met Angus MacLise, her art editorship at The Oracle in the 1960s, homeopathic uses of LSD, and her life as an artist in Spain, Morocco, Mexico, San Francisco, and New York.