Los Angeles Waterpolo Team Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises flyers, paste-ups, newsletters, drawings, minutes and other material (bulk 1988-1994) from Harry D. Arends, primarily documenting the activities of the Los Angeles Waterpolo Team, a sexual fetish organization. The bulk of the collection is made up of erotic drawings, flyers and newsletters for the LA Waterpolo Team, as well as flyers for similar fetish-themed clubs and groups, including the Golden Shower Buddies.
Dates
- Creation: 1957 - 2006
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1988 - 1994
Creator
- Arends, Harry D. (Creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Administrative History
The Los Angeles Waterpolo Team was a members-only organization that met monthly to engage in sexual fetish activities related to urolagnia, or "water sports" in slang. According to a 1990 letter, the Waterpolo Team's mailing list consisted of 55 men, with an average monthly event attendance of 22 men.
Extent
0.6 Linear Feet (1 archive carton.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Flyers, paste-ups, newsletters, drawings, minutes and other material (bulk 1988-1994) from Harry D. Arends, primarily documenting the activities of the Los Angeles Waterpolo Team, a sexual fetish organization.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Acquisition
Gift of Harry D. Arends, December 4, 2007.
Separated Material
Following buttons have been separated from the collection and placed with the ONE Archives ephemera collection:
"Gauntlet II: First Anniversary '85"
[Gauntlet II]: "Fifth Anniversary 1989"
[Gauntlet II]: "6th Anniversary 1990"
[Gauntlet II]: "9th Anniversary 1993"
[Gauntlet II]: "Eleventh Anniversary 1995"
"I Support AFA Los Angeles"
"Leathermasters: Ex Flammis Natus"
Processing Information
Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, June 2013.
Subject
- Los Angeles Waterpolo Team (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid to the Los Angeles Waterpolo Team collection, 1957-2006
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Loni Shibuyama
- Date
- (c) 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Repository Details
Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles California 90007 United States
(213) 821-2771
askone@usc.edu