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Gay men

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Jim (Buddy) Ball papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2014-004
Abstract

James L. Ball, Ph.D., known as "Buddy" Ball, produced films, records, and videos from about 1977 to 1997 for a variety of audiences including African American churches and other Christian groups, crafters, gay men, and horror fans. The collection includes corporate records, personal papers, and photographs documenting his varied activities from his early career as an educator to his involvement in motorcycle clubs to his inclusion in the banned-in-Britain "Video nasties" list.

Dates: 1959-1987

Kenneth Bartmess Masks and Photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2013-008
Abstract

Four flower masks, one Don Kilhefner mask, and photographs of Radical Faeries gatherings from gay activist and craftsman, Kenneth Bartmess, circa 1979-1985.

Dates: circa 1979-1985

Blue Max Motorcycle Club records

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1
Identifier: Coll2013-055
Abstract

Administrative records, slides, photographs, film, video recordings, sound recordings, objects, textiles, buttons, and ephemera from the Blue Max Motorcycle Club, a gay motorcycle club founded in Los Angeles in 1968. The materials document club events such as motorcycle runs, anniversary celebrations, fundraisers, officer ceremonies, gay pride festivities, and other events.

Dates: 1922-1996

Manuel boyFrank papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2013-028
Abstract

Correspondence, writings, and subject files of Manuel boyFrank, 1916-1984. Manuel boyFrank was a military serviceman, ONE Incorporated board member, unpublished writer, and gay activist. The collection includes his 1940s correspondence with early gay activist pioneers Henry Gerber and Frank McCourt as well as his 1950s and 1960s correspondence with ONE Incorporated.

Dates: 1916-1984

Fred Bradford Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2023-003
Abstract

Fred Bradford is a computer programmer, member of the ONE Foundation board, and advocate for Asian American gays. His collection is comprised of correspondence, personal and family papers, materials on APGF (Asian Pacific Gays and Friends), ephemera, photographs, and computer discs.

Dates: 1908-2019

Sidney Bronstein papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2013-007
Abstract

Manuscripts, notebook journals, photographs, correspondence, drawings, poetry and other material, 1939-1968, from gay artist and poet, Sidney Bronstein. Though little is known about Bronstein, materials in the collection document his contributions to gay and lesbian publications, as well as his sexual interest in servicemen. This interest is revealed in his art works and in a journal, or log book, detailing information about each of his sexual encounters with servicemen.

Dates: 1939 - 1968

Childhood play activities questionnaires

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2012-165
Abstract

Completed questionnaires of childhood play behavior as reported by adult male homosexuals and heterosexuals, and female homosexuals and heterosexuals, circa 1977. These completed questionnaires formed the basis for the study "Childhood Play Activities of Male and Female Homosexuals" by Edward A. Grellert, Michael D. Newcomb, and P.M. Bentler, published in Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. II, No. 6, 1982.

Dates: 1977-1982

Harold L. Dittmer collages, scrapbooks, and photograph albums

 Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: Coll2014-076
Abstract

Collages, photograph albums, and scrapbooks of the male physique created by Harold L. Dittmer. Dittmer used photographs and clippings approximately from the 1930s to the 1970s.

Dates: circa 1930-1980

Eric Scott Evans and Jerome Maxwell Strum papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll2008-061

Shawn Daniel Foreman and Joseph Michael Reed papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2013-084
Abstract

Sheet music, notebooks, poetry, photographs, correspondence, flyers, advertisements, and personal papers of Shawn Daniel Foreman, 1966-1985. The collection documents Foreman's work with Tommy Powers Presents (erotic photograph mail order), Now Tapes (erotic video mail order), Now Talk (erotic phone service), and TI-OHM Music; his music career; and his personal life. The collection includes the poetry and personal papers of Joseph Michael Reed, 1949-1984.

Dates: 1949-1985