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Notes by A.M.B. 29 April 1959; likely written in response to request for each person to write a note on her/his personal perspective on society's sexual code. See Meeting Minutes 1 March 1959.

Anna Bidder wrote a letter in 1988 recalling how TQVOS was written--at the invitation of David Blamires, editor of Friends Quarterly. It was published in the October 1998 issue on the 25th anniversary of the original publication of TQVOS.

Card sent to Anna Bidder by Cambridge Young Friends 1993. The signatories span several generations from the 1940s to 1990s.

“I know it’s not normal for most musicians, but I live in silence. I don’t listen to music at all unless something comes across my ears, and then I will listen to it exclusively for a year or two. I will study it. Not because I’m going to emulate it,…

Bartender Buddy Rasmussen and the interior bar area of the Upstairs Lounge, Mardi Gras 1973.

Excerpt from the 1960 Swarthmore Lecture in which Barnes reflects on the creative process by which the group has worked together.

Notes from Kenneth Barnes in response to request for each person to write her/his personal perspectives on society's sexual code. See Meeting Minutes 1 March 1959.

Barnes was invited to appear in another BBC broadcast soon thereafter and--in this response--raised concerns about misunderstandings from the appearance of him and Bidder on the February 17th Meeting Point programme. In another letter a few days…