{"value"=>"<p>The series includes artwork by Copy Berg in a wide variety of formats, including drawings, sketches and sketchbooks, collages, watercolor paintings and photocopies. In addition, some folders contain written documents, printed materials and loose photographs related to specific projects. The material is arranged in two subseries: IIa. Miscellaneous (folders arranged alphabetically by the title of the work, subject or theme); and IIb. Sketchbooks (volumes arranged chronologically). Series II includes a substantial representation of works from Berg's early years, including graphic design projects done for the Navy from 1970-1975 (Box 42, Folders 2-4). These include posters advertising Navy theatrical programs, printed pamphlets illustrated by Berg and yearbook page-spreads containing his photographs. These items are complemented by hundreds of original photographs of Navy life that are contained in Series III, many of which were used in these early projects. Also pertaining to Berg's military years are dozens of drawings and sketches produced to illustrate the book <span class=\"title\">Get Off My Ship</span>, an account of his Navy discharge case published in 1978 (Box 30, Folders 4-5, Box 31, Folder 1 and Box 35, Folders 3-4). Additional artwork from the late 1970s includes several folders and boxes of material produced by Berg while he studied at Pratt Institute (Boxes 36-38). There are also a few samples of graphic design projects undertaken in this period and during the early 1980s. From 1986 until the end of his life, Berg filled dozens of sketchbooks and notepads, and thousands of loose sheets of paper, with small, cartoon-like drawings that explored such themes as the social response to the AIDS epidemic, sexual politics and sadomasochism. Series II contains a great number of these works, which Berg referred to variously as \"artoons,\" \"fax-art\" or \"pages from my unfinished Surrealist novel.\" A small sketchbook in Box 60 contains several drawings which date from January 1998 and which may be the last works completed by the artist. With the exception of a few small watercolors on paper, this series does not include any original paintings by Copy Berg. This gap is partially filled by numerous documentation photographs of individual artworks and exhibitions from all periods of the artist's career, contained in Series III.</p>"}