{"value"=>"<p>Series III is arranged into issues of the <span class=\"title\">Eye</span>, Other Periodicals, Press, and Books. The series contains the complete run of the <span class=\"title\">East Village Eye</span>, as well as Abrams' collection of independent publishing. Also held here are press, books, and ephemera related to the <span class=\"title\">Eye</span> and the scene it documented.</p> <p>The complete run of the <span class=\"title\">Eye</span> includes all seventy-two issues (May 1979-January 1986), as well as the additional 2016 retrospective issue. All issues are the original printing, arranged chronologically.</p> <p>The other publications in this series comprise assorted independent publications, zines, and other periodicals collected by Leonard Abrams from 1967 until 2008. Subjects range from music, poetry, artwork, literature, comics, news and happenings in New York City, to international publications from Japan and a Dutch art school. Most titles are represented by one to three issues spanning several years. These publications are arranged alphabetically by title.</p> <p>The Press files in this series were collected by Abrams and are about the <span class=\"title\">Eye</span>. Most articles are from United States publishers, but there are also several Japanese publications. A press kit of clippings sent to The Crown Publishing Group as a pitch for a book based on the <span class=\"title\">Eye</span> also includes the rejection letter from the publisher. Other press materials include photocopies and magazines with articles both before and after the operating years of the <span class=\"title\">Eye</span>. A 1981 article from <span class=\"title\">Elle Japan</span> contains a handwritten translation of the article. Some materials related to Abrams' film, <span class=\"title\">Quilombo Country</span>, include a poster for a film screening with images of issues of the <span class=\"title\">Eye</span> on the back.</p> <p>Books in this series are filed chronologically. Publications include reference books used in the <span class=\"title\">Eye</span> office, as well as books gifted to Abrams after the authors worked with him or referenced the <span class=\"title\">Eye</span> materials for research. The books held here include <span class=\"title\">Edgewise: A Portrait of Cookie Muller</span> and <span class=\"title\">Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor</span>.</p>"}