Donald Webster Cory Papers
Scope and Content
Correspondence, clippings, articles, legal documents, publicity, notes, and a dissertation excerpt documenting the literary activity of author and early gay rights advocate Donald Sagarin, who wrote under the pseudonym Donald Webster Cory in the 1950s. Cory was the author of the book The Homosexual in America (1951); he later became critical of, and was in turn repudiated by, the gay movement. The collection includes correspondence with Harry Hay in 1952.
Dates
- Creation: 1952-1974
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1952 - 1966
Creator
- Cory, Donald Webster (Creator, Person)
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Biographical Note
Donald Webster Cory (1913-1986, also known as Donald Sagarin) wrote The Homosexual in America (1951), a book regarded as one of the primary influences on the early gay rights movement. In the early 1950s, Cory also operated the mail-order Cory Book Service, which marketed books of interest to the gay and lesbian community. Later in his life, he became critical of, and was in turn repudiated by, the gay and lesbian movement.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet ([1 folder])
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings, articles, legal documents, publicity, notes, and a dissertation excerpt documenting the literary activity of author and early gay rights advocate Donald Sagarin, who wrote under the pseudonym Donald Webster Cory in the 1950s. Cory was the author of the book The Homosexual in America (1951).
Processing Information
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
In order to provide access to this collection, minimal processing on this collection was expedited in 2011. Date spans were given wherever possible, but do not reflect the most accurate inclusive dates.
- Title
- Donald Webster Cory Papers, 1952-1974
- Status
- Publish Basic
- Author
- Marc LaRocque
- Date
- (c) 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is inEnglish.
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