On December 23, 1965, Timothy Leary was arrested for marijuana possession. On March 11, 1966 he was convicted of possession under the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 and sentenced to 30 years in prison, fined $30,000, and ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment. On June 10, 1966, Janis Joplin made her debut with Big Brother and the Holding Company. Her second appearance with the band was on June 19, 1966 at the St. Francis Hotel where they performed for a Tim Leary Benefit to help with his legal bills.This is the handbill for that event. There was no poster.

On December 23, 1965, Timothy Leary was arrested for marijuana possession. On March 11, 1966 he was convicted of possession under the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 and sentenced to 30 years in prison, fined $30,000, and ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment. On June 10, 1966, Janis Joplin made her debut with Big Brother and the Holding Company. Her second appearance with the band was on June 19, 1966 at the St. Francis Hotel where they performed for a Tim Leary Benefit to help with his legal bills.This is a ticket for that event.

Addressed to Kenneth Rexroth, 250 Scott S.F. Postmarked May 4, 19664th of July Picnic and art fair, Decorating Tour, Tree Campaign, racial imbalance in schools, request for a moratorium on the acquisition of the site for Diamond Heights High School, Memories of a decoratin tour, NAACP request for 200 litigants who would like to ask for a judicial review of the S.7. high school.Interests in Margot Patterson Doss’ “A Walk along Stanyan” which appeared in the Chronicle, Sun. May 22. “This beautiful article did mucyh to let the world know about Haight-Ashbury’s ture image.”Grocery raffle, June calendar.Laid In One page SNCC Report: Urban Renewal, Schools, Recreation, Neighborhood Freedom Union, Haight-Ashbury Welfare Rights Committee. “SNCC believes the basic problem confronting the people of the Haight-Ashbury is that they cannot now successfully barter with the downtown forces over the fate of the neighborhood.